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     From CAN Newsletter 5/94 p.3
     "Scientologists withdraw Appeals in Trademark Case, Thousands
     Due CAN."

        Two members of the Church of Scientology, assessed
     thousands of dollars in attorneys fees by the United States
     District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, have
     withdrawn appeals in a lawsuit won by the Cult Awareness
     Network last year.
        CAN originally sued Scientologists Valen Cross and Samuel
     Demeter in 1992 for using the CAN name and service mark
     without authorization.  Both Cross and Demeter had attempted
     to form CAN affiliates in San Francisco and Portland, Ore.,
     respectively, without authorization from the Cult Awareness
     Network.  The two ignored demands by CAN that they stop using
     the CAN name and service mark.
        In October of last year both defendants stipulated to a
     judgement against them for their wrongful conduct, and CAN
     was awarded over $28,000 in attorney's fees.
        Cross and Demeter then appealed the order to the United
     States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.  Chicago
     attorneys for the plaintiffs, John Moran and Clarence Wilson,
     then withdrew from the case, and early this month Demeter and
     Cross, representing themselves "pro se," each filed a Motion
     for Voluntary Dismissal, which the court granted, effectively
     dismissing the appeal.
        CAN will now move forward in executing the judgment to
     collect the award for the thousands of dollars in attorney's
     fees expended in protecting its name.
        CAN was represented by Gregory J. Ellis of Oak Brook, Ill.
 
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