Judge Gives ‘Tentative’ Ruling Favoring Boy Scouts of America
PAYSON, UT - JULY 31: A Boy Scout listens to instruction at camp Maple Dell on July 31, 2015 outside Payson, Utah. The Mormon Church is considering pulling out of its 102 year old relationship with the Boy Scouts after the Boy Scouts changed it's policy on allowing gay leaders in the organization. Over 99% of the Boy Scout troops in Utah are sponsored by the Mormon Church. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images) Photographer: George Frey/Getty Images North America
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(Bloomberg) -- A U.S. judge said he’s likely to dismiss claims by the Girl Scouts that the Boy Scouts of America are infringing its trademarks by using the words “scouts” and “scouting” to recruit girls now that the group is coed.
U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein Wednesday told lawyers his “tentative” ruling is that the claims by the Girl Scouts of the United States of America can’t go forward to trial.
The judge didn’t say when he’ll issue a formal ruling in the case.
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