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SUMMARY OF FINAL DECISIONS ISSUED BY THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD

June 16-20, 1997

Date Issued Type of Case(1) Proceeding or Appn. No. Party or Parties TTAB Panel(2) Issue TTAB Decision Opposer's or Petitioner's Mark and Goods or Services Applicant's or Respondent's Mark and Goods or Services Mark and Goods Cited by Examining Attorney Examining Attorney Citable as Precedent of TTAB
6-18 CANC 23,288 Universal Technolo-gies, Inc. v. Jillson & Roberts, Inc. Hohein*

Hairston

Walters

2(d) Petition to Cancel Denied "ZIPWRAP" [wrapping materials, including boxes, wrapping paper, tissue paper, gift cards and bows] "ZIP-WRAP" [pre-wrapped mailers]     No
6-18 EX 74/565,919 Texas Steakhouse of Roanoke, Inc. Seeherman

Quinn

Walters*

2(e)(3) Refusal Affirmed   "TEXAS STEAKHOUSE & SALOON" [restaurant services]   Reihner No
6-18 EX 74/620,602 Telpro, Inc. Hanak

Quinn

Hohein*

whether the specimens of record show trademark use of the matter asserted for registration Refusal Affirmed   design of a man lifting a panel [construction equipment, namely, a manually operated dry wall lifter]   Bush No
6-18 EX 74/421,806 Sakurai Graphic Systems Corp. Simms

Quinn*

Hairston

2(d) Refusal Affirmed   "OLIVER" [sheet-fed offset printing presses] "OLIVER" and "OLIVER" (and design) [automatic wrapping machines for packaging goods in film materials; combination bread slicing and wrapping machines; combination label applicating machines and printing machines, etc.] Baxley No
6-18 EX 74/597,219 Fabrica D’Armi P. Beretta, S.p.A. Simms

Hohein

Walters*

2(d) Refusal Affirmed   "GOLD PIGEON" [guns] "SUPER PIGEON" [small arms ammunition] Greenbaum No

(1) EX=Ex Parte Appeal; OPP=Opposition; CANC=Cancellation; CU=Concurrent Use; (SJ)=Summary Judgment; (R)=Request for Reconsideration

(2) *=Opinion Writer; (D)=Dissenting Panel Member

 

SUMMARY OF FINAL DECISIONS ISSUED BY THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD

June 16-20, 1997 (continued)

Date Issued Type of Case(1) Proceeding or Appn. No. Party or Parties TTAB Panel(2) Issue TTAB Decision Opposer's or Petitioner's Mark and Goods or Services Applicant's or Respondent's Mark and Goods or Services Mark and Goods Cited by Examining Attorney Examining Attorney Citable as Precedent of TTAB
6-18 OPP 93,787 Paco Rabanne Parfums,

S. A. v. Donald W. Magyar

Seeherman

Quinn*

Walters

2(d) Opposition Sustained "EXCESS" [perfume, personal deodorants, body soap, body oils, lotions and powder, bath gel and salt, hair shampoo, aftershave cologne, eau de toilette, lipstick, eyeliner, eyeshadow, mascara, and blush] "SEXCESS" [cosmetics, namely, perfumery]     No
6-18 EX 74/590,809 Air Control Science, Inc. Simms

Hanak

Hairston*

2(e)(1) Refusal Reversed   "DUST ANALYST" [analysis, design and engineering of dust collection systems for others]   Leslie No
6-18 EX 74/603,930 Image Laboratories, Inc. Sams

Hanak*

Quinn

2(e)(1) Refusal Affirmed   "EUCALYPTUS CLENZ" [medicated dandruff shampoo]   C. Butler No
6-18 OPP 86,022 Nexxus Products Co. v. Tocco Magico S.P.A. Seeherman

Hanak*

Quinn

2(d) Opposition Dismissed "NEXXUS" (in stylized lettering) [hair shampoo, hair conditioners, hair sprays, hair dye solutions and neutralizing preparations for use in permanent hair waving, skin cleaning preparations, and skin conditioners] "NEXTIME" [hair shampoos, hair tonics, hair setting lotions, hair lacquers, hair conditioners, permanent hair waving preparations]     No
6-18 EX 74/541,668 Gast Mfg. Corp. Hohein

Hairston*

Walters

2(e)(1) Refusal Reversed   "SMART AIR" [air compressors and vacuum pumps]   Oh No

(1) EX=Ex Parte Appeal; OPP=Opposition; CANC=Cancellation; CU=Concurrent Use; (SJ)=Summary Judgment; (R)=Request for Reconsideration

(2) *=Opinion Writer; (D)=Dissenting Panel Member

 

SUMMARY OF FINAL DECISIONS ISSUED BY THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD

June 16-20, 1997 (continued)

Date Issued Type of Case(1) Proceeding or Appn. No. Party or Parties TTAB Panel(2) Issue TTAB Decision Opposer's or Petitioner's Mark and Goods or Services Applicant's or Respondent's Mark and Goods or Services Mark and Goods Cited by Examining Attorney Examining Attorney Citable as Precedent of TTAB
6-18 EX 74/672,475 Cold Steel, Inc. Seeherman*

Quinn

Hohein

2(d) Refusal Affirmed   "VAQUERO" [sport knives] "RUGER VAQUERO" [firearms] Kaiser No
6-18 EX

EX

EX

74/249,309

74/249,318

74/249,469

Gridiron Enterprises, Inc. Rice*

Hanak

Hairston

2(e)(1) [genericness]; Section 2(f) distinctiveness Refusal Affirmed (in all three cases)   "ARENA FOOTBALL"; "ARENA FOOTBALL" (and design); "ARENA"

[all three marks for entertainment services in the nature of organizing, scheduling and conducting football games]

  Mason No
6-19 EX 74/434,142 Barnie’s Coffee & Tea Co., Inc. Cissel

Seeherman*

Hanak

2(d) Refusal Affirmed   "A TASTE OF THE WORLD" [coffee and gift sets of coffee, comprising small packets of coffee] "TASTE OF THE WORLD" [sun-dried tomatoes, olives, oils for cooking, mustard, vinegar, rice, pasta, sugar, and tomato sauce] Dubois No
6-20 EX 74/606,674 Center for Medical Surgical Hair Restoration P.C. Seeherman*

Hanak

Hohein

2(e)(1); 2(d) Refusal Affirmed [on 2(d) ground only]   "LASER MICROGRAPH" [surgical hair transplantation services] "MICROGRAFT" [hair transplantation services] Stine No

(1) EX=Ex Parte Appeal; OPP=Opposition; CANC=Cancellation; CU=Concurrent Use; (SJ)=Summary Judgment; (R)=Request for Reconsideration

(2) *=Opinion Writer; (D)=Dissenting Panel Member

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