SHERATON CORP. OF AMERICA v. SHEFFIELD WATCH, INC.

Patent Appeal No. 8919.

480 F.2d 1400 (1973)

SHERATON CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Appellant, v. SHEFFIELD WATCH, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

July 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brumbaugh, Graves, Donohue & Raymond, New York City, attys. of record, for appellant. Richard G. Fuller, Jr., Joseph D. Garon, Russell H. Falconer, New York City, John A. Finken, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

George F. Long, III, New York City, atty. of record, for appellee.

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


BALDWIN, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, 167 USPQ 248 (1970), dismissing appellant's opposition to registration of the mark SHERATON, for watches and clocks.1 The mark as it appears in appellee's application is somewhat stylized:

Opposition is primarily based on use of appellant's marks SHERATON and what the...

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