Legal Opinion
International Travelers Cheque Company v. Bankamerica Corporation and Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 26, 1981No. 80-2749PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
This case stems from the opposition by a national bank, which sells .travelers’ checks, to an attempt by a competing corporation, which also sells travelers’ checks, to register before the Patent and Trademark Office the term “International Travelers Cheque.” After the bank successfully opposed the registration in proceedings before the Patent and Trademark Office, the corporation appealed by suing the bank and its holding company in the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. But the suit was not in the district where the bank was established, as…
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