IN RE SEATS, INC.

Appeal No. 84-1437.

757 F.2d 274 (1985)

In re SEATS, INC.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

March 20, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sumner C. Rosenberg, Troutman, Sanders, Lockerman & Ashmore, of Atlanta, Ga., argued for appellant.

Robert D. Edmonds, Asst. Sol., United States Patent & Trademark Office, Arlington, Va., argued for appellee. With him on the brief Joseph F. Nakamura, Sol. and Jere W. Sears, Deputy Sol., Washington, D.C.

Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, and MILLER and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


MARKEY, Chief Judge.

Appeal from a decision of the Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Board) refusing to register SEATS as a service mark for "ticket reservation and issuing services for various events by means of a computer". In re Seats, Inc., 221 USPQ 1207 (1984). We reverse.

Background

Seats, Inc. (Seats) filed application Serial No. 253,070 on March 7, 1980, alleging use since August, 1973. The examiner...

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