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APPLICATION OF NATIONAL RECREATION ASS'N

Patent Appeal No. 5691.

181 F.2d 221 (1950)

Application of NATIONAL RECREATION ASS'N, Inc.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

Decided April 3, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Truman S. Safford, New York City (Curtis, Morris & Safford, New York City, Richard K. Stevens, and Davidson C. Miller, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for appellant.

E. L. Reynolds, Washington, D. C. (Walter J. Derenberg, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for Commissioner of Patents.

Before GARRETT, Chief Judge, and JACKSON, O'CONNELL and JOHNSON, Judges.

JACKSON, Judge.

The Commissioner of Patents affirmed a decision of the Examiner of Trade-Marks, 77 U.S.P.Q. 632, refusing to register appellant's trade-mark "The Playground" for a weekly magazine devoted to "playground supervision" on the ground that the mark is descriptive of the goods. Thereupon appellant appealed to this court.

It appears that appellant is the owner of a registered mark "Playground and Recreation" for a monthly magazine, and also that the...

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