Scanwell Laboratories, Inc. v. Department of Transportation

ALMOND, Senior Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Patent Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, 170 USPQ 174 (1971), which granted appellee’s petition under 15 U.S.C. § 1064 to cancel appellant’s registration1 of the mark:

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for “Directional antennas for use with instrument landing systems.”

Appellant, Scanwell Laboratories, Inc. (Scanwell) is a manufacturer of air navigational aids such as instrument landing systems including antennas. On March 30, 1962, it submitted an unsolicited proposal to appellee, Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),…