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.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by GungnirSniper on Thursday November 26 2015, @02:23AM
It might have to do with the argument that the organization behind it is a profit-seeking enterprise, and one that only reveals its 'truths' to paying customers.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 27 2015, @07:08PM
If that's the case then the scieno's copyrights on their scripture that enable them to legally charge for access to that scripture would be 1000x better target than trademarks on the name of the church which functionally don't do anything more than let them control who gets to call themselves the church of scientology.