Commercial Savings Bank v. Hawkeye Federal Savings Bank

McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff, Commercial Savings Bank, appeals from a district court ruling denying its request for injunctive and declaratory relief concerning its common-law trademark infringement claim. In the district court, Commercial Savings Bank asserted that it had .a trademark in the name COMMERCIAL and its variants, and thus had the right to enjoin defendant Commercial Federal Bank from using the name COMMERCIAL in its business name in plaintiffs eight-county trade area.

The district court denied Commercial Savings’ request for injunctive relief. We affirm.

I. Background facts…