Legal Opinion

Steer Inn Systems, Inc. v. Laughner's Drive-In, Inc.

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided February 13, 1969No. Patent Appeal 8086PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BALDWIN, Judge.

This is an appeal from the. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board decision 1 sustaining an opposition by Laughner’s Drive-In, Inc. to Steer Inn Systems, Inc.’s application 2 to register the service mark STEER INN for “Restaurant Services.”

The record shows that opposer has been incorporated under the laws of Indiana since December 21, 1958, and that, under the name LAUGHNER’S STEER-IN, it operates a drive-in restaurant in Indianapolis, Indiana, specializing in hamburgers, cheeseburgers, steaks, and the like. The designation STEER-IN was first used on the construction site of…

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