Legal Opinion
Flushing Bank v. Green Dot Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 5, 2015No. 13 Civ. 9120(KBF)PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION & ORDER
KATHERINE B. FORREST, District Judge:
This reverse confusion trademark case concerns plaintiff Flushing Bank, owner of the senior word mark iGoBanking and logo
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trademark, seeking to enjoin Green Corporation’s and Green Dot Bank’s (together, “Green Dot”) use of its junior word mark GOBANK and logo
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Flushing Bank asserts that although it is the senior user, its iGoBanking mark has, less brand recognition than Green Dot’s GOBANK mark, and that Green Dot has saturated the market with its advertising. This saturation may, according to Flushing Bank, lead…
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