Legal Opinion
Dominion Bankshares Corp. v. Devon Holding Co., Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 12, 1988No. Civ. A. 87-8172PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACTS AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
KATZ, District Judge.
This suit is brought under the Lanham Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051 et seq., and the Pennsylvania Trademark Act, 54 Pa.Cons.Stat.Ann. §§ 1101, et seq., and the common law. Plaintiff Dominion Bank-shares Corporation alleges that defendants’ use of the name DOMINION BANK for the new bank that defendants seek to open, with offices in Devon and Media, Pennsylvania, infringes upon plaintiff’s name and service mark DOMINION BANK. Plaintiff seeks a preliminary injunction preventing use by the defendants of the DOMINION BANK name and…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Griffith v. United Air Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- Scott Paper Company, a Corporation v. Scott's Liquid Gold, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Interpace Corporation v. Lapp, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
- Virginia J. Barry Melville v. American Home Assurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Ford Motor Co. v. Summit Motor Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
- Resorts International, Inc. v. Greate Bay Hotel & Casino, Inc.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1992
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