Legal Opinion
First Savings Bank, F.S.B. v. First Bank System, Inc. First Bank, F.S.B.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 27, 1996No. 95-3246, 95-3331PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
This case involves a service mark dispute between two banks competing in east-central Kansas. First Savings Bank, F.S.B., (“First Savings”) sued First Bank System, Inc., and its member institution, First Bank, F.S.B., for service mark infringement, unfair competition, and false designation of origin under the Lanham Act and Kansas state and common law. Specifically, First Savings sought to prevent the defendants from using within a local trade territory FIRST BANK, FIRST BANK KANSAS, FIRST BANK SYSTEM or any other mark confusingly similar to its own…
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