John R. Dere v. Institute for Scientific Information, Inc

LANE, Judge.

John R. Dere, applicant below, appeals from the decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, the result of which is published at 153 USPQ 886, holding that contemporaneous use of appellant’s mark, I.A.I., and opposer-appellee’s mark, ISI, for the specified goods would be likely to cause confusion. We find no reversible error in the board’s opinion and we affirm its decision.

This opposition involves appellant’s application serial No. 221,478, filed June 18, 1965, to register on the Principal Register, I.A.I. as a trademark for “indexes to books and literature.” The applicant…