The Seventh-day Adventist Name

Trademark and Logo Usage


The Seventh-day Adventist Name

Church trademarks, such as “Seventh-day Adventist,” “Adventist,” and “Ministry,” may be used only in connection with denominational ministries and non-commercial activities of approved lay and professional groups. Use of these trademarks shall be controlled by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists through its Trademark Committee. Church trademarks shall not be used in any manner that will jeopardize the Church’s tax-exempt status.

The Seventh-day Adventist Logo

The registered trademark may be used by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, its entities, institutions, and churches, as authorized by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, its divisions, unions, and conferences.

Trademarks shall not be utilized in commercial endeavors.

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The King James Bible is Not Copyrighted

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Uploaded on Apr 25, 2009


This is a short explanation that the King James Bible is Public Domain and not copyrighted by anyone. If the inside pages of your King James Bible says it's copyrighted it is referring to the notes, maps, charts, commentary, concordances, or any other material between the covers. The actual text of the King James Bible from Genesis 1:1 thru Revelation 22:21 is Public Domain. You or anyone could print thousands and thousands of King James Version Bibles to give away and not be in violation of copyright laws. You wouldn't have to ask permission, nor pay any commissions.

The publishers of the new bibles are not stupid. They know that many people will only buy a King James Bible so, they provide one for them. The KJV is often less expensive than the other versions because the publisher does not have to pay any commissions or royalties to do so. They only have to pay for the ink, paper, cost of printing, etc, everything else is pure profit for them.

The King James Bible is the Word of God. No man hold any exclusive rights to it. It's certainly not owned by a man like the wicked, profane, pornographer & owner of the NIV; nor the corrupt, liberal and wicked organization that owns 90 plus percent rights to the ESV.

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EndrTimes: Blogger Blog takedown notificati​on

"Flashback from 2012"

EndrTimes: Blogger Blog takedown notificati​on: I came home this evening and this was in my eMAIL inbox: Blogger Blog takedown notificati​on support@blogger.com 3:00 PM (4 hours ago...


Read more:
http://endrtimes.blogspot.com/2012/03/blogger-blog-takedown-notification.html

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Adventists Claim Hacker Swiped Manuscripts

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Last Update: 10:25 AM PT

By ADAM KLASFELD


BALTIMORE (CN) - A "theological investigator" broke into a database of unpublished manuscripts by a co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church to hawk the documents online, the Ellen G. White Estate claims in Federal Court.

White (1827-1915) "was a co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church ... and revered messenger of God," according to the complaint.

An ardent abolitionist and vegetarian, White told her followers she experienced religious visions in 1845, which she chronicled in writings that laid the philosophical groundwork of the world's 12th-largest religious sect.

Seventh-day Adventist Church adherents believe in the absolute infallibility of Scripture, pitting most members against abortion, homosexuality and birth control.

White's critics, most notably University of California at Berkeley's science historian Ronald Numbers, accused her of plagiarizing her visions from mundane health reformers of her day. She wrote 40 books and more than 5,000 articles, and her estate claims copyrights to more than 50,000 pages of her writings.

Lead defendant Brendan Knudson, who calls himself a "private detective, specializing in theological and historical investigations," has tried to unearth the unpublished pages since 2006, the estate says in its lengthy complaint.

The estate claims that Knudson sought help from hackers to break into its database after the organization rebuffed his demands for unrestricted access.

"On January 13, 2012, Knudson, under the alias 'GirdedSword,' registered his profile on an Internet forum located at www.hackforums.net ('Hack Forums'), used by computer hackers with the purpose of communicating, organizing and hiring hackers," the complaint states.

"Knudson frequently used the alias 'GirdedSword' or 'WithGirdedSword' for communication across the Internet and social media, such as: on Twitter '@withgirdedsword'; on Skype 'withgirdedsword,' on his personal blog 'With Girded Sword.' ...

"After registering on Hack Forums, Knudson engaged in a determined and aggressive effort to hack into the Estate's technologically protected website. ... He requested help, posting numerous messages on the Hack Forums, all with the intent of recruiting others to help him access 'thousands and thousands' of SDA Prophet Ellen White's 'unpublished letters and manuscripts' [i.e. EGW Protected Works] from an 'online' 'password protected database' found at www.egwwritings.org. Some of Knudson's posts were deceptively entitled 'Unpublished Religious Database,' ... or 'Sensitive Website Information Download Hack.' ...

"Knudson indicated that his intention was 'to perform a public service and acquire the unpublished writings of a 'prophet' of a particular religious institution ... to put this information in the hands of the public.' ... Additionally, he wrote, 'This is urgent, and I am willing to pay on acquisition of the information,'" the complaint states. (Citations omitted)
The estate claims that Knudson found as many as 20 John Does willing to help him hack. From Feb. 17 to April 9 this year, the database sustained attacks from users as far and wide as Armenia and Brazil, the estate says.

Knudson, originally from Australia, lives in Armenia, the estate says. It claims that an investigation into the attack yielded evidence that tied Knudson to it.

"Significantly, the SQL injection inquiries that were contained in the web server logs match exactly the SQL inquires posted on the Hack Forums by Knudson and the others," the complaint states.

"Structured Query Language," or SQL, refers to questions written in database language intended to extract the contents of the database, the Adventists say.

Unable to breach a second level of protection, Knudson returned to Hacking Forums on March 1 asking users to decrypt several passwords, which the users provided, according to the complaint.
The estate claims that Knudson successfully swiped 8,300 documents by the end of the month.
On March 20, he bought three domains, unpublishedellenwhite.com, ellenwhiteletters.com and ellenwhitemanuscripts.com from WildWestDomains.com, according to the complaint.

WildWestDomains.com resells domains from the better-known company, GoDaddy.

The complaint names those two companies as defendants, along with other dot-coms Webs Inc., HostGator.com, Domains By Proxy and PayPal.

The estate claims that Knudson worked under the alias "SDAnonymous," but left his digital fingerprints and address on his PayPal agreement to sell the unpublished White writings.
It claims that Knudson marketed the writings by sending an email blast to more than 1,000 addresses that he swiped from the web.

He compromised his anonymity again by promising readers of "Adventist Today" that the unpublished documents just needed "a few tweaks" before he publicly released them, the estate claims.

"In response to an article published in 'Adventist Today' on March 27, 2012, regarding the recent publication of Ellen G. White's works, Unpublished Ellen White, a website owned by Knudson, proved his intimate inside working knowledge of the plaintiff's EGW Writings Database, when he stated that to release the unpublished writings would involve only a 'few tweaks' and 'some minor adjustments to the Estate's already public website and everything would be available to anyone,'" the complaint states. "In fact, for months, Knudson and his co-conspirators attempted to break plaintiff's website's security in order to illegally copy the EGW Protected Works."

The estate seeks an injunction and damages for violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Stored Communications Act and other laws.

It is represented by Arnold Lutzker.

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Breakaway Adventist denomination has underground Inland church

Posted on | August 13, 2012

Pastor Walter McGill

The Tennessee pastor who was arrested last month for contempt of court was freed from a San Bernardino jail this weekend.

But he said members of his Creation Seventh-day Adventist denomination worship every Saturday – the Adventist Sabbath – in an “underground” church in the Inland Empire.

The Rev. Walter McGill served 30 days at the San Bernardino County Central Detention Center for contempt of court, as part of a six-year dispute with the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church.

The church won a trademark infringement lawsuit against his denomination. McGill went to jail after he refused to obey a court order to stop using “Seventh-day Adventist Church” in the name of his congregation and denomination.

An associate, Lucan Chartier, served 10 days in the same jail and was released Aug. 9.

Chartier twice repainted Creation’s name on the denomination’s church in Guys, Tenn., after workers removed it under the court order. The denomination also has a church building in Uganda.

McGill declined to identify exactly where Creation members worship in the Inland area, because he said that, with the lawsuit, all could be at risk for legal action for being associated with the church. He said the several members travel from a range of locations to worship together on the Sabbath.

“We truly have what could be called a home church, an underground church,” he said.

“We want to formalize it, put up our sign and do what we did in Tennessee,” he added. “But later down the line, I’m sure the Seventh-day Adventist Church will attack us.”

McGill said he has discussed with members the implications of opening a formal church, including potential jail sentences and fines. McGill said Creation members in Southern California are praying as to what to do.

“I want for God to tell them what to do,” he said.

“What I suffered in jail, not everyone is willing to do,” McGill said. “This is my occupation. God has called me for this purpose. God has not called everyone to do this.”

The worldwide church has said its lawsuit was filed because when people see a congregation with “Seventh-day Adventist Church” in the name, they may believe it is affiliated with the worldwide Adventist Church.

A statement released by the North American Adventist Church last month said it does not want to close down McGill’s church. But it said that the use of the Adventist name “confuses the public, media and at times our own members.”

McGill, 66, has been on a liquid-only fast since he was jailed July 13. He said his weight dropped from 170 to 153 pounds.

“I intend to extend the fast 10 additional days for a total of 40, emulating the wilderness fast of my Lord and Savior,” McGill said.

McGill blamed the worldwide church for his jail sentence. The contempt order stemmed from church attorneys’ requests before the court, he said.

“It was truly the Seventh-day Adventist Church that required my incarceration,” he said.

In a statement emailed to me Monday afternoon, the church responded, “The Seventh-day Adventist Church has no interest in seeing Mr. McGill or his associates in jail nor is the church responsible for Mr. McGill’s disposition toward the court. The Seventh-day Adventist Church has neither legislative or judicial authority in that it neither makes or enforces the law. It grieves the church to see any person or group act in opposition of the law and be forced to suffer the penalty of their own actions. Our prayers will be with Mr. McGill.”

McGill said he was ridiculed by some inmates while in jail when he shared his beliefs. He also said another inmate struck him twice in the face – once with a slap, the other time with the bony area between the wrist and hand — when he declined to clean the bathroom on the Sabbath. He said he earlier had told his assailant he would clean any day but a Saturday.

Sgt. Derek Garvin, of the detention center, confirmed there was an incident and the other inmate was moved to a section of the jail for those with discipline problems. The inmate was punished with reduced privileges, including less recreation time and no television, Garvin said.

A battery report was filed, but McGill declined to prosecute, Garvin said.

McGill said that he didn’t want the man to be punished at all.

“Our Savior told us to turn the other cheek, and I did that,” he said. “I feel no animosity toward the man. I didn’t want the man to suffer.”

McGill said the lawsuit and his jailing have backfired because they have given his denomination unprecedented exposure.

“We are having record hits on our websites,” he said. “We are being overrun by phone calls and emails.”

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Church Signs Come Down - Creation Seventh Day Adventist Church

Uploaded by SDAToday on May 14, 2011

This is a news regarding the SDA persecution to other that has its doctrine(original SDA material)
see how SDA persecute the Creation SDA church by tearing down the Signs and force to change its names, its doctrine, and its faith.


[Note] This actually took place last year in February 2010;
See related article: http://endrtimes.blogspot.com/2010/02/church-signs-come-down.html

THE NAME - Seventh Day Adventist:

Photo (Courtesy) http://mcnairycountynews.com/page3/page20/page20.html


There is a big discussion amongst those who have left the Seventh Day Adventist Church as to what they should call themselves? Many believe they MUST call themselves Seventh Day Adventists, others don't know what to call themselves. I think this verse from Isaiah sheds some much needed light on the subject:"I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts...And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name." Isaiah 65:2, 15.

And...."We are not saved as a sect; no denominational name has any virtue to bring us into favor with God. We are saved individually as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ." -RH 02/10/1891.

Friends, sadly, the NAME - Seventh Day Adventists does not mean TODAY what it meant 100 years ago. There are many words that no longer mean what they used to....think about it - the word "GAY" - it used to describe someone who was HAPPY....today, it commonly describes a HOMOSEXUAL. The meaning of man words change over time. So today, the name "Seventh Day Adventists" no longer means what it used to mean.
"For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written." Romans 2:24. Truly, the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of Seventh Day Adventists. Abortions are preformed in SDA hospitals. http://www.thenarrowwayministries.org/DownloadFile.asp?FileName=Abortion.pdf
The world is proclaiming the inconsistencies - http://onfaith.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/undergod/2011/01/adventists_and_abortion.html

We are called to be loyal to the TRUTH, not to a CHURCH....sadly, history has taught the same story over and over again...that Churches eventually leave the Truth....when that happens, God's people need to stay with the Truth and not with the Church.

Churches like businesses, change ownerships all the time...yet they keep the same name. That is what has happened with the SDA Church. It has become a business, and has been sold to "new owners"...all the while still being called by the same name.

So friend, are you going to remain loyal to the Truth, or to a church that blasphemes the name of God?


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Who owns the word 'Adventist,' or 'Catholic'?

Who owns the word 'Adventist,' or 'Catholic'?
By Julia Duin

Do religious groups have the right to sue you if you use their name, logo or so-called branding color?

Maybe so. On Monday, this blog ran a report that mentioned an Adventists for Life Facebook page for Seventh-day Adventists who oppose abortion.

The SDA headquarters, based in Silver Spring, Md., reacted quickly, asking Facebook to remove the offending page. I contacted Facebook on Wednesday to ask why no one checked with the folks behind the page before killing it. I received a copy of their policy that says once someone lodges a plausible claim of trademark infringement, Facebook removes or disables access, no questions asked.

Mark Price, a Canadian SDA'er who was in charge of the page, alerted the 600 members of the group that he'd been silenced. "The Adventists For Life group is not an organization but an informal gathering of Seventh Day Adventists who are pro-life," he wrote me. "I am very concerned, as you are, about this kind of power that the Adventist leadership have to shut people up."

I called SDA spokesman Garrett Caldwell to see what was up. He told me his organization had complained about trademark infringement; that is, the unauthorized use of the SDA brand.
"We are working hard to try to protect the name and organization associated with the name," he said. "Both 'Adventist' and 'SDA' are trademarked and registered names. We want to make sure the use of the name is connected with our organization."

If the originator of the page called SDA headquarters and asked permission to use the SDA name, "We'd say absolutely [yes]," he added.

Hmmmmm. I was sent a copy of a terse cease-and-desist letter written by Andrea Saunders, associate general counsel for the SDA, and there was no mention whatsoever of asking permission. The letter not only wanted the Facebook page renamed, it also wanted its originators to deregister the domain name for www.adventistsforlife.org, which the originators owned but were not using.

Now the page has existed on Facebook for some time. Only now did the SDA go after it. This whole situation brings up an interesting conundrum. What if other religious groups did the same thing? In this age of marketing, brand names and search engine optimization, are words such as "Jewish" or "Mormon" or "Catholic" now trademarks?

If so, someone had better call the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. They've been after the group Catholics for a Free Choice for more than a decade, informing anyone who will listen that CFFC "is an arm of the abortion lobby" and "is not a Catholic organization, does not speak for the Catholic Church, and in fact promotes positions contrary to the teaching of the Church as articulated by the Holy See."

Or how about many Jewish groups, which have resented the group Jews for Jesus ever since its 1973 founding partly because of its name?

Or the word "Mormon"? Surely the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hasn't appreciated all the ways that word has been used.

Trademarking an ultra-common name, adjective or phrase may sound ridiculous, but look how the Susan G. Komen Foundation has threatened to sue more than numerous charities over the words "for a cure." That is, if you're a group of figure skaters that sponsors an event called "Skate for a Cure" to help fight cancer, you'll hear from the Komen lawyers. They'll also warn you against using the color pink, Komen's trademark hue.

The Lance Armstrong Foundation has taken a similar position with the color yellow, the Wall Street Journal reports.

It's only a matter of time before the world's religions pick up on this trend. The possibilities are endless. An enterprising Islamic group can claim it has exclusive rights to the world 'Muslim' and the color green. Hindus can certainly lay claim to the color saffron.

So the Adventists may be ahead of the times, not behind. They have been defending their name for some time, most notably in 1987, when they sued SDA Kinship, a group of gay Adventists, also charging trademark infringement. US District Judge Mariana Pfaeizer ruled against the church in 1991, saying the group's title did not infringe on the denomination's use of the name.
The SDA did not appeal that ruling, but it's been fighting the unauthorized use of its name ever since.

Should religious denominations be able to sue groups that use their name or logo without permission?

By Julia Duin January 30, 2011; 12:28 PM ET

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Church sues filmmakers for destroying Rio's Christ

Posted Fri Feb 26, 2010 12:34pm AEDT

Brazil's Catholic Church is suing Hollywood for using unauthorised images of Rio de Janeiro's famous Christ statue in its disaster movie 2012.

The city's archdiocese is demanding unspecified damages and interest from Columbia Pictures for showing the iconic landmark being destroyed in a worldwide apocalypse in the film that came out last year.

The archdiocese manages copyright issues related to the 40-metre statue which overlooks Rio with its arms outstretched.

Under Brazilian law, copyright resides in the author of a work until his death and is then passed on to his heirs or estate or successor entity for another 70 years.

Christ The Redeemer was created by Paul Landowski, a French artist of Polish descent, on commission from the Rio archdiocese and erected in 1931.

Landowski died in 1961, meaning the archdiocese holds copyright until 2032. The sculpture will then become part of the public domain.

Lawyer Claudine Dutra says the archdiocese allows use of images of the statue "in 99 per cent of cases".

But it turned down the film studio's request to show the statue being destroyed by a giant wave.

"The archdiocese refused the use of the religious symbol during pre-production of the movie, but Columbia Pictures did not respect the prohibition," Ms Dutra said.

Ms Dutra added that "many faithful have said they are shocked and offended by the images of the destruction of this sanctuary that the archdiocese wanted to preserve".

"We want Columbia Pictures to publicly declare that it did not intend to cause offence."

The statue is Brazil's most visited tourist monument, with 1.8 million visitors a year.

It is one of the best-known modern landmarks in the world, along with Paris's Eiffel Tower, Washington's White House and Sydney's Opera House.

- AFP

Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/26/2831212.htm

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Global treaty may make your ISP spy on you

February 23, 2010 11:46 AM
Global treaty may make your ISP spy on you
Paul Marks, technology correspondent


Documents from talks on a secret global copyright deal have leaked online, various sources are reporting. The documents discussed are said to confirm that internet service providers could be compelled to constantly sift through their customers' data looking for copyright transgressions. The European Union's data protection chief has said that such requirements could curtail individuals' civil liberties.

It's the latest twist in the tale of ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which has been swiftly and secretly negotiated by the 27 nations of the European Union, the US, Australia, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, South Korea, Singapore, Jordan, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.

The leak, detailed by PC World magazine, covers ACTA's "enforcement procedures in the digital environment". The draft being circulated says that ISPs operating in nations that have signed up to ACTA would be forced to operate "automatic technical processes" to detect copyright-infringing activities.

Translated, that means they must examine data transferred by their customers for signs of copyrighted material, using the kind of deep packet inspection technology more typical of security services.

ISPs told New Scientist in December that such technology will not only slow downloads, but puts in place technology that could be used for snooping and censorship.

The leaked draft being circulated also says that those who ignore two warnings about infringing may have their internet connections severed by the state under a "three strikes" rule.

In France, the government has already introduced a measure along these lines. It was declared unconstitutional, but the government then amended it and introduced it again.
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Source: http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2010/02/online-copyright-clampdown-con.html

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Religious Liberty Rally

Religious Liberty Rally


February 16, 2010
9:00am-3:00pm CST

1162 Old Highway 45 South
Guys, Tennessee 38339

UPDATE: Date has been moved from the 12th to the 16th. Please see the "Sign Up" link to the left for more information.

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
- First Amendment to the United States Constitution

On February 16, 2010 Federal Marshals, accompanied by agents of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination, a 15 million member worldwide church, are scheduled to descend upon the Creation Seventh Day Adventist church building in Guys, Tennessee. They will be destroying the signs of the church, effectively shutting down it's ability to hold services, and confiscating the group's religious materials, books, tracts, and other advertisements.

Why is this being done? What crime has the church committed, to warrant the presence of Federal officials to close the premesis, confiscate their religious materials, and destroy their signs? Have they engaged in fraud? Are they amassing weapons? Have they proven a danger to society in some other criminal fashion?

No. It is being done because of the name of their church.

The First Amendment has been shredded to pieces in the teeth of "corporate religion" under the guise of Trademark law. Religious identity is a matter of religion, and thus outside the scope of Government regulation. According to the Constitution, no law may be made regarding the establishment of a religion. Yet through obtaining a trademark on the name of a faith, one church has gained a Government-backed monopoly, including the ability to bring civil and Federal penalties on those that dare disagree.

This is what is happening in the small town of Guys. By obtaining a trademark on the name of a religion, "Seventh-day Adventist," a worldwide denomination has sought to crush out those who claim to be Seventh-day Adventists but hold differing views on what it means to follow that religion. Creation Seventh Day Adventists are one such group. Church conflicts are nothing new - but when the Government steps in to decide one group or another to be the "right church" of the two, we have cause for alarm.

It is not the place of the Government to define a true or a false Christian of any kind, be it Baptist, Church of Christ, Lutheran, Catholic, or Seventh-day Adventist. Even further is it from the place of the Government to send out Federal officials to destroy religious materials and remove signs from the meeting places of those deemed heretics. The Pastor of the group, Walter McGill, has a warrant authorized for his arrest should he return to the United States from his current ministry field of Africa - all because of the name of their religion.

As a result, a protest is arranged for the morning of the arrival of the Marshals on the church property. We must let it be known that we will not stand for such a violation of our First Amendment rights, or the rights of those around us.


What happened to separation of church and state?
What happened to the free exercise of religion?

As rights are being eroded away bit by bit, we intend to protest this by exercising another First Amendment right - that to peaceably assemble.

All who are supportive of the cause of religious liberty for all men, regardless of their differences of belief, are encouraged to attend and bring signs and placards to protest this violation. Please visit the "Frequently Asked Questions" section to the left for more information.

"And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together." - James Madison



Source: http://www.lanhamact.us/

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No more 'Pope on a rope', says the Vatican

Frances Gibb, Legal Editor

It is one of the most recognised images in the world — the Pope, hand held aloft in blessing. Increasingly, however, the Pope’s name or image is found in less traditional contexts — from soap products and snowstorms to endorsing tomato paste. In a move to control this growing use or misuse of the papal brand, the Holy See has announced that in future anyone wanting to use the face or name of the Holy Father or Supreme Pontiff must obtain Vatican approval.

Robin Fry, a copyright lawyer from the London firm Beachcrofts, said: “Popes throughout history have been plagued by their image being reproduced, whether as little trinkets, or, recently, mechanical dolls. There has even been a Pope soap on a rope. But like any other business, the Vatican needed a clear intellectual property programme so that it may control uses of its key expressions — not for commercial purposes, but simply to retain the integrity of the words.

"This declaration is a brave attempt to control use of the imprimatur and image of His Holy Father, but this can only realistically be done through registration of trademarks.

“Without this, the Vatican’s jurisdiction extends legally only to the 110 acres of the Vatican City and any new laws it announces cannot be enforced elsewhere, unless other countries adopt the same rules."

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There are only a handful of relevant trademarks but none had been registered by the Vatican: they include Holy See, Pontiff, The Vatican and the Pope.

An application for “Pope Benedict pretzel” was refused as a European mark in 2006. But the Pope Food Group in New Jersey had a registration for “Pope” for tomato paste and there was an European Community trade mark for “Cuvee du Vatican”, a wine from Chateauneuf-du-Pape or Cotes du Rhone.

As far as monitoring was concerned, all it needed to do was to set up an enforcement or monitoring body. “Then if someone stepped out of line and the normal religious and spiritual pressures don’t operate effectively then at the end of the day, lawyers can step in and take action,” said Mr Fry.

The Vatican’s declaration says: “Recent years have witnessed a great increase of affection and esteem for the person of the Holy Father.

“There has also been a desire to use the Pope’s name in the title of universities, schools or cultural institutions, as well as associations, foundations and other groups.

“In light of this fact, the Holy See hereby declares that it alone has the right to ensure the respect due to the Successors of Peter, and, therefore, to protect the figure and personal identify of the Pope from the unauthorised use of his name and/or the papal coat of arms for ends and activities which have little or nothing to do with the Catholic Church.”

Occasionally, it adds, attempts have been made to attribute credibility and authority to initiatives by using ecclesiastical or papal symbols or logos.

A spokesman for the Catholic Church in England and Wales said: “This is not about financial gain or commercial interests.

“It is simply an attempt to preserve the integrity of the Pope’s image at a time when there is a plethora of new media and there may be concern that it is used inappropriately.”

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Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6964554.ece

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