rights thereto. The Transfer Agreement was filed in the Copyright Office on April 1, 1999.
Wapnick obtained a Certificate of Registration for the "Unpublished Writings of Helen Schucman - Volumes 1-22" in 1990. On March 1, 2000, he transferred his rights to this material to FACIM.
FIP registered the mark "A Course in Miracles" with the PTO on November 30, 1993. FIP registered the acronym "ACIM" with the PTO on December 2, 1997. Both "A Course in Miracles" and "ACIM" were widely used throughout the United States and elsewhere for many years by individuals and groups promoting the Course, publishing interpretations or guides to it, or teaching its message or variants thereon. This use appears to have begun as soon as the Course was first published and the frequency of the use appears to have grown steadily as the Course has gained a wider and wider following. Until at least 1992, FIP made no effort to restrict use of the Course title or the acronym.
The Church is one of the many organizations dedicated to spreading the message of the Course. It has purchased hundreds, perhaps thousands, of copies of the Course directly from FIP over the years, which it gives to its members and students.
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