Aycock Engineering, Inc. v. Airflite, Inc.

William Aycock spent decades developing "Airflite," a planned charter-flight brokerage business, forming Aycock Engineering (plaintiff) as its corporate vehicle and advertising the concept to air-taxi companies, only a handful of which ever signed on. Aycock never advertised to the public or arranged a single flight, but still obtained and later renewed a federal service mark registration for "Airflite." Airflite, Inc. (defendant) petitioned to cancel the mark, and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled that Aycock Engineering had never actually rendered the service in commerce.