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Article: U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Trademark Injunction in Favor of CFA Institute
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- January 16, 2009
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The Chartered Financial Analyst issued the following news release:
CFA Institute announced today that the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of CFA Institute in a federal trademark case against the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (Icfai), thus upholding a 1998 injunction against Icfai that prohibits their use of all CFA Institute trademarks and confusingly similar trademarks in the U.S and Canada.
In 2006, Icfai challenged the 1998 injunction alleging that the U.S. federal district court judge did not have personal jurisdiction over Icfai at the time of the original judgment. The three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled ...