TRIAL DATE SET VERSUS BOYS SCOUTS OF AMERICA: AUGUST 11, 2008, 8:30 a.m., United States District Court for the Northern District of California at San Francisco before the Hon. Jeffrey S. White, U.S. District Judge.
A trial date has been set in the federal district court case in which Youthscouts will defend the right of independent scouting groups to exist in the United States and use the terms "scout" and "scouting" to describe programs based on Robert Baden-Powell's original program.
To see the pleadings and other materials filed in relation to the District Court case, please click here.
To see the record of documents filed in a related proceeding before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (currently suspended pending the outcome of the District Court case), please click here.
To see the statement of Youthscouts' founder on the importance of this case, please click here.