Legal Opinion
Society of Financial Examiners v. National Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Inc., National Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 3, 1995No. 94-50074PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Demand apparently exists for those professionals with the designation “CFE” on their resume. Two organizations offer the educational and training programs necessary to endow these initials with meaning. Unfortunately, whereas the defendant, the National Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, intends “CFE” to designate “Certified Fraud Examiner,” the plaintiff, the Society of Financial Examiners, has historically utilized the same initials to represent a “Certified Financial Examiner.” Whether the Lanham Act entitles the initial user of the designation to…
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