CITIZENS FIN. v. CITIZENS NAT. BANK OF EVANS CITY

No. 03-2868, 03-3175.

383 F.3d 110 (2004)

CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. v. CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK OF EVANS CITY; Citizens Inc; Citizens National Bank of Southern Pennsylvania Citizens National Bank of Evans City and Citizens, Inc., Appellants Citizens Financial Group, Inc. Appellant v. Citizens National Bank of Evans City; Citizens Inc; Citizens National Bank of Southern Pennsylvania.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

September 9, 2004.

As Amended October 28, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick W. Thieman (Argued), Thieman & Farrell, Pittsburgh, PA, David M. Kelly, Andrea Anderson, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, Washington, DC, Ray F. Middleman, Malone, Larchuk & Middleman, Wexford, PA, for Appellants in No. 03-2868.

Paul F. Ware, Jr. (Argued), R. David Hosp, Goodwin Procter, Boston, MA, for Appellant in No. 03-3175.

Before SCIRICA, Chief Judge, ROSENN and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents a number of questions arising out of a trademark infringement dispute between two banking institutions. The dispute is an outgrowth of aggressive and expansionist banking flowing from the Congressional liberalization in recent years of national banking laws. Citizens National Bank of Evans City (CNBEC) is a community bank founded in 1878 in Evans City, Pennsylvania, north of Pittsburgh, under...

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