United Federation of Churches, LLC
Lua error in Module:Incorporated_Entities at line 16: header must be either of type string or number. United Federation of Churches, LLC is a Domestic Limited Liability Company doing business as and holding the trademarks for The Satanic Temple and Lucien Greaves.[1][2]
It was organized Feb. 14, 2014, in Salem, Massachusetts at 64 Bridge Street, a property shared by several other corporations owned by Cevin Soling, including 64 Bridge LLC, which owns the location.
The registered agent of United Federation of Churches is Douglas Misicko, while its manager is Cevin Soling.
However, "The Satanic Temple" is distinct from The Satanic Temple Inc, Federal EIN 82-3404757, which is owned solely by Misicko and in 2019 achieved Public Charity Status under Section 170(b)(1)(A)(i), "a church or a convention or association of churches." [3]
Lawsuits
The United Federation of Churches, LLC has been involved in a number of lawsuits since its formation.
In 2018, the company sued Netflix Inc. and Warner Brothers Entertainment Inc. in the Southern District of New York over use of a breastless Baphomet statue with children in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, claiming defamation and that its intellectual property rights had been violated, harming its business reputation.[4]
The suit was eventually dismissed with prejudice after Netflix agreed to give a copyright credit on all episodes that had been filmed.[5]
- ↑ https://trademarks.justia.com/owners/united-federation-of-churches-llc-2815622/
- ↑ https://trademarks.justia.com/owners/united-federation-of-churches-llc-4192840/
- ↑ The Satanic Temple, FEIN 82-3404757
- ↑ By misappropriating TST Baphomet with Children (which is a registered copyright and famous mark of TST) to publish this false and defamatory depiction of TST, Defendants have engaged in three classes of wrong: copyright infringement (Claim 1) trademark violation (Claim 2), and injury to business reputation (Claim 3). https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Netflix-Satanic-Temple.pdf
- ↑ An attorney for the Temple, Bruce H. Lederman, told Bloomberg Law Netflix agreed within 10 days of the Temple’s suit to give the it copyright credit for the statute on all episodes that have been filmed. https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/26138833/United_Federation_of_Churches_LLC_v_Netflix,_Inc_et_al