IN RE BED & BREAKFAST REGISTRY

Appeal No. 85-2418.

791 F.2d 157 (1986)

In re BED & BREAKFAST REGISTRY.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

May 20, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark E. Singer, Winnetka, Ill., for appellant.

Nancy C. Slutter, Trademark Examining Atty., Office of the Sol., Arlington, Va., argued, for appellee. With her on brief, were Joseph F. Nakamura, Sol. and Fred E. McKelvey, Deputy Sol.

Before SMITH, NEWMAN, and BISSELL, Circuit Judges.


PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) refused registration on the Principal Register of the service mark BED & BREAKFAST REGISTRY for "making lodging reservations for others in private homes".1 The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the "Board") upheld the refusal on two grounds: first, that applicant's mark so resembles the service mark BED & BREAKFAST INTERNATIONAL for "room booking agency services...

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