Legal Opinion
In re Quik-Print Copy Shops, Inc.
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided March 13, 1980No. Appeal No. 79-613PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Judge.
This is an appeal from a decision of the Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“board”),1 affirming the examiner’s refusal to register applicant-appellant’s service mark QUIK-PRINT on the principal register as “merely descriptive” within the meaning of section 2(e)(1) of the Lanham Act.2 We affirm.
Background
According to the application to register,3 the mark is for the services of printing, photocopying, collating, binding, cutting, drilling, folding, padding, stapling, and perforating in the area comprising the District of Columbia and states of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- In re Abcor Development Corp.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1978
- Application of Colonial Stores IncorporatedCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1968
- Application of American Society of Clinical Pathologists, IncCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1971
- Star Watch Case Company v. Gebruder Junghans, A. G.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1959
- In re Kopy Kat, Inc.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1974
3Cited by27 opinions
- In Re Dial-A-Mattress Operating Corporation (Serial No. 75/131,355)Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2001
- In Re Joseph GyulayCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1987
- In Re Stereotaxis, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2005
- In re McGinleyCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1981
- Interstate Net Bank v. NetB@ Nk, Inc.District Court, D. New Jersey · 2002
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