NATIONWIDE ADV. SERV., INC. v. NATION-WIDE EMP. AGS., INC.

Patent Appeal No. 8830.

471 F.2d 638 (1973)

NATIONWIDE ADVERTISING SERVICE, INC., Appellant, v. NATION-WIDE EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

January 18, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bosworth, Sessions, Herrstrom & Cain, Cleveland, Ohio, attorneys of record, for appellant; Wesley B. Taylor, Cleveland, Ohio, of counsel.

Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, and RICH, ALMOND, BALDWIN, and LANE, Judges.


RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, reported in full at 166 USPQ 156 (1970), dismissing appellant's opposition to the registration of a service mark. We affirm.

Appellee filed application serial No. 244,843 May 3, 1966, to register the following composite mark for "employment agency services":

In response to a requirement of the examiner, appellee disclaimed "The words...

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