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An Anonymous Coward submitted the news that a Court ruled Church of Scientology Moscow branch should be 'dissolved':
A Russian court has ruled that the Moscow branch of the Church of Scientology should be dissolved.
The Moscow city court accepted the arguments of Russia's justice ministry that as the term "Scientology" is a registered US trademark, the Church cannot be considered a religious organisation.
The organisation plans to appeal, reports said.
The controversial church is based in Los Angeles, California and was found in 1954 by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard.
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Russian Court has Ruled the Church of Scientology Should be Dissolved
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TAPPING? You POLITICIANS! Don't you realize that the END of the "Wash
Cycle" is a TREASURED MOMENT for most people?!
(Score: 2) by wisnoskij on Thursday November 26 2015, @02:13AM
Well the Catholic Church existed for thousands of years where church law was secular law. And an excommunication carried with it a death penalty. They were able to build a powerbase with this. I do not think it is unfair to allow Scientology to protect their name like any other business. The Catholic church would certainly file for a trademark if it was just starting out.
(Score: 3, Touché) by SpockLogic on Thursday November 26 2015, @02:53AM
Good for the Ruskies. They've done something right at last.
Personally I lean towards Pastafarianism, the more pasta the less lean I get.
Overreacting is one thing, sticking your head up your ass hoping the problem goes away is another - edIII
(Score: 3, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Thursday November 26 2015, @06:29AM
As a Pastafarian I am torn:
On the one hand we have a fictional universal leader of non-human origin; who populates the earth with people; and eventually sets into motion a global catastrophic event (with explosions!).
On the other hand, we've got a guy named Xenu.
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Thursday November 26 2015, @12:29PM
Alternately, if they used auditing process R2-45 on somebody who actually deserves it like, say, Vladimir Putin or Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, then it will be the Scientologists who finally did something right for a change.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 26 2015, @08:23AM
Nobody said they weren't allowed to. The court said that if you protect your name like any other business, you get to follow the same rules as any other business, instead of the (much more lenient) rules of religion.
Those rules may include having a valid business license, false advertising (like claiming that you are a religion), etc.