Cayabyab
Iglesia Ni Cristo v. Cayabyab
United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaMarch 31, 20205:18-cv-00561California7,396 words
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 IGLESIA NI CRISTO, Case No. 18-cv-00561-BLF
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’
MOTION FOR SUMMARY
LUISITO E. CAYABYAB; ISAIAS T. JUDGMENT
SAMSON, JR.; ROLANDO DIZON, JR.;
LIONEL ROQUE DE LA USO; ALLAN [Re: ECF 125]
MONTE DE RAMOS; JERIEL NEMIS;
JESLE LLABAN KUIZON; BERNARD
GARCIA; LIEZL DIAZ-DEOCAMPO;
EDWIN LIONEL R. MORA; ALLAN VILLANUEVA; and H2O NOW USA, a California Non-Profit Mutual Benefit Corporation, 15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Iglesia Ni Cristo (“INC”), a non-profit religious corporation, sues eleven of its former ministers, officers, and members (“Individual Defendants”) and the non-profit religious corporation they formed, Defendant H2O Now USA (“H2O”). INC claims that Defendants hold themselves out as affiliated with INC, using INC’s trademarked name, Seal, Executive Seal, and Flag, and INC’s copyrighted hymns, thus causing confusion…