Legal Opinion
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. v. Hibernia Bank
District Court, N.D. California
Decided March 3, 1987No. C-87-0549RFPPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
PECKHAM, Chief Judge.
FINDINGS OF FACT:
Plaintiff Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (“Schwab”) seeks to stop defendant, The Hibernia Bank (“Hibernia”), from making what plaintiff alleges to be an unauthorized use of its federally registered mark, THE EQUALIZER, in connection with the marketing of a Hibernia loan product.
The plaintiff is a California corporation with its principal place of business in San Francisco. Although plaintiff is currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of the BankAmerica Corporation, it is in the process of being purchased by the CL Acquisition…
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