SOC. OF FIN. EXAM. v. NAT. ASS'N OF CERT. FRAUD EX.

No. 94-50074.

41 F.3d 223 (1995)

SOCIETY OF FINANCIAL EXAMINERS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED FRAUD EXAMINERS INC., et al., Defendants, National Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 3, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. McKetta, III, David G. Henry and G. Michael Lawrence, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, P.C., Austin, TX, for appellants.

Stephen Ravel, Bickerstaff, Heath & Smiley, L.L.P., Austin, TX, Vivian Polak, Deirdre F. Curtis, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, New York City, for appellee.

Jerald A. Jacobs, Jenner & Block, Robert A. Wynbrantdt, Nory Miller, Washington, DC, for amicus Nat'l Org. for Competency Assurance, et al.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, JONES and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.


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...

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