Legal Opinion
In Re the Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 3, 2012No. 2011-1330PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REYNA, Circuit Judge.
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (“COC”) appeals the decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) finding that COC’s service mark, NATIONAL CHAMBER, was correctly refused registration for being merely descriptive under 15 U.S.C. § 1052(e)(1). Because we find that substantial evidence supports the TTAB’s finding of descriptiveness, we affirm.
I. Background
This appeal involves two related applications for COC’s service mark NATIONAL CHAMBER. The two applications designate the services for which the mark would be used as follows…
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