Rochester Savings Bank v. Rochester Savings & Loan Ass'n

The Rochester Savings Bank brings this action upon the ground that the name of the defendant, Rochester Savings and Loan Association, is confusingly similar to its own. The complaint demands that defendant be permanently enjoined from doing business under that name or under any imitation of the name of the plaintiff.

Actions of this nature relate to unfair competition and hinge upon whether such similarity in fact exists as to appropriate a portion of the good will of one concern to the use of another. Both parties are established financial institutions in the city of Rochester. Plaintiff was…