Opinion ID: 3066602
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Heading: The Marks

Text: This litigation involves five of the Sovereign Order’s registered service marks: one design mark and four word marks. The Sovereign Order’s design mark is an eight-pointed Maltese cross on a shield: The Sovereign Order’s word marks are: Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta Knights of Malta Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem Order of St. John of Jerusalem The Sovereign Order’s design mark and its first two word marks became “incontestable” in 2008 and 2009. That is, the Sovereign Order filed an affidavit with the United States Patent and Trademark Office attesting that it used the marks continuously for five years and satisfied the other statutory criteria for incontestability. See 15 U.S.C. § 1065. 4 Case: 14-14251 Date Filed: 10/15/2015 Page: 5 of 49 The Sovereign Order alleges that the Florida Priory’s name and symbol infringe its five registered service marks. The Florida Priory’s name—“Knights Hospitallers of the Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Knights of Malta, the Ecumenical Order”—is unregistered. The Florida Priory’s symbol is a white cross on a red shield, centered on a white Maltese cross with a red crown above it: Its registration is pending.