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 DArmi 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 | Barnies 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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