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

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 ...

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.

A historic Black church in Washington, D.C., that was vandalized in December 2020 by members of the Proud Boys has been granted control over the far-right group’s trademarked name.

A Black church in Washington, D.C., now owns the trademark name to the Proud Boys after the violent group failed to pay $2.8 million in a civil judgment when the group vandalized the church.

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 ...

Church leaders filed suit after Proud Boys members vandalized the house of worship during a violent Dec. 12, 2020, “Million MAGA March” in support of Donald Trump after he lost the ...

The ownership of the Proud Boys’ trademark now belongs to a Black church in Washington, D.C., that was vandalized by the far-right group after a December 2020 rally supporting U.S. President ...

A Black church in Washington, D.C., now owns the “Proud Boys” trademark after a judge stripped it from the right-wing group in a judgment Monday. The ruling gives the Metropolitan African ...