5th Circuit Upholds Rejection Of ‘Unified Buddhist’ Trademark Row

Mealey's (December 17, 2020, 3:26 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in Texas did not err in granting a trademark infringement defendant summary judgment based upon a plaintiff’s failure to establish that its “Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam” trademark had acquired secondary meaning, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Dec. 14 (Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam v. Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, No. 19-20544, 5th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 39003)....