Court rules Metropolitan AME Church owns Proud Boys' trademark after the group fails to pay $2.8 million judgment. Latest U.S.

Back in 2023, the same church won a $2.8 million default judgment against the group but then sought control of the trademark after the Proud Boys failed to pay the judgment.

The Proud Boys just lost control of their own name—as part of an unusual legal ruling. A Washington, D.C., judge has awarded ownership of the far-right group’s trademark and symbols to the ...

The Proud Boys, a white nationalist group whose members were instrumental in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the nation's Capitol, lost control of its own name to a historic Black church. On Monday, D ...

The Proud Boys, a white nationalist group whose members were instrumental in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the nation's Capitol, lost control of its own name to a historic Black church. On Monday, D ...

When the Proud Boys failed to turn over any money, the church’s lawyers sought to seize control of their trademark to satisfy the judgment. In June 2023, D.C. Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz ...

The ownership of the Proud Boys' trademark is now in the hands of a Black church that the group vandalized in 2020. The Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., was ...

The ownership of the Proud Boys' trademark is now in the hands of a Black church that the group vandalized in 2020. The Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., was ...