{"id":285607,"date":"2026-05-09T07:46:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T07:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/285607\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T07:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T07:46:20","slug":"texas-am-university-system-issues-cease-desist-to-muslim-education-entity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/285607\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas A&#038;M University System issues cease &#038; desist to Muslim education entity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) &#8211; The Texas A&amp;M University System is objecting to what it calls the unauthorized use of the Texas A&amp;M name and trademarks by a Muslim education entity in North Texas branding itself as \u201cTexAM University.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">System officials say they\u2019ve sent a cease-and-desist letter demanding the group stop using names, marks, domains and other branding elements they believe infringe on or dilute Texas A&amp;M trademarks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to the A&amp;M System, the use of \u201cTexAM,\u201d \u201cTexas AM University,\u201d and similar variations could create confusion and mislead the public into thinking there is an affiliation or endorsement. The A&amp;M System says the entity is not affiliated with Texas A&amp;M University or The Texas A&amp;M University System.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HJASZGT4TNCAJNJEVQ7IQZD4FM.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>(KBTX)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThe Texas A&amp;M University System has a responsibility to protect the name and trademarks, which represent more than a century of academic excellence, public trust and institutional integrity,\u201d Chancellor Glenn Hegar said in a statement. \u201cWhen another organization uses branding that is similar, particularly in the same educational space, we must act to prevent confusion and protect the value of those marks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The entity is formally known as the Texas American Muslim Institute of Technology at Dallas, according to the A&amp;M System. Officials also say it is not recognized as a university by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">A&amp;M System officials say they are prepared to pursue legal action if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KBTX. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) &#8211; The Texas A&amp;M University System is objecting to what it calls the unauthorized&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[14135,11861,520,31518,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-285607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-car-accident","tag-fatal","tag-fatal-crash","tag-keyc","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}