Legal Opinion
In Re Bed & Breakfast Registry
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 20, 1986No. Appeal 85-2418PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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” 2 as to be likely to cause confusion under 15 U.S.C. § 1052(d) (section 2(d) of the Lanham Act); and second, that applicant’s mark as applied to its services…
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