WASHINGTON (7News) — The far-right militia group known as the "Proud Boys" no longer owns their name and likeness - instead, they must now go through a historic Black D.C. Church to sell or use anything with that branding, according to a judge ruling.

A D.C. Superior Court judge ordered Monday that the trademark for "Proud Boys International LLC" be transferred to the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, a historic Black church targeted by Proud Boys members in December 2020.

The judge included a lien on the Proud Boys trademark, along with an injunctive relief permanently preventing the "sale, transfer, disposition, or license" of the trademark without approval from the Church or the courts, according to the decision.

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Church attorneys argued that the Proud Boys committed fraud in 2021 when it transferred the Proud Boys trademark from the Van Dyke Organization to an alleged shell company called Mad Aster, which court documents report was made up of Proud Boys members charged for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

It's unclear if the group will sustain any penalties going forward. Proud Boys founder Enrique Tarrio said in an interview, " I wipe my a-- with the judge’s decision," according to the Washington Post.

It's also unclear exactly how much money the Church would receive from the judgment.

In December 2020, Proud Boys members targeted and burned down a Black Lives Matter flag at Metropolitan AME and Asbury United Methodist Church, one of the city's oldest houses of worship for Black congregants. Tarrio was convicted and later sentenced for the damage.

The church was ordered financial compensation for the damage but filed another suit in July 2024 to enforce a 2023 ruling that the Proud Boys pay the church roughly $2.8 million, which they hadn't paid at the time of filing. A motion for default judgment was filed in December 2024, according to court documents.

The antigovernmental group reportedly failed to respond within 21 days, nor did it seek an extension of the period. Tarrio was issued the notice at his home and at the Manchester Federal Correctional Institute.

Tarrio told the Post after the ruling that the Mad Aster group's business license had been discontinued.

The Proud Boys, though somewhat fractured in recent years, made an appearance in D.C. during Donald Trump's inauguration. Many marched the streets near Capital One Arena while wearing yellow and black apparel, occasionally clashing with counterprotesters.