Legal Opinion
In Re Seats, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 20, 1985No. Appeal 84-1437PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
Appeal from a decision of the Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Board) refusing to register SEATS as a service mark for “ticket reservation and issuing services for various events by means of a computer”. In re Seats, Inc., 221 USPQ 1207 (1984). We reverse.
Background
Seats, Inc. (Seats) filed application Serial No. 253,070 on March 7, 1980, alleging use since August, 1973. The examiner rejected the application on the ground that SEATS was descriptive of the services and suggested that the identification of services be changed to that set forth…
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