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

August 25-29, 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
8-26 EX 74/366,357 Gardenlife, Inc. Simms

Cissel

Hohein*

2(d) Refusal Affirmed   "GARDENLIFE" [living plants and trees, flower and vegetable seeds for agricultural and horticultural purposes sold exclusively through applicant’s own proprietary mail order business; retail and wholesale distributorship services featuring gardening supplies, plants, trees, and seeds; mail order catalog services featuring gardening supplies, plants, trees and seeds] "GARDENLIFE" (and design) [plastic hose fittings and connectors; water sprinklers and sprayers for lawn and garden use]; "GARDENLIFE" [water sprinkling units for use in gardening, floriculture and horticulture; nonmetallic reel for flexible hoses, connectors and fittings of plastic material for flexible hoses]; GARDENLIFE (in stylized lettering) [fertilizers] Krisp No
8-26 EX 74/591,359 U B Foundation Activities, Inc. Sams

Simms*

Hanak

2(e)(1) Refusal Affirmed   "FIM" [business and data management, namely, the collection, coordination, storage, retrieval, analysis and reporting of information and data related to the measurement of medical rehabilitation outcomes]   Doninger No

(1) EX=Ex Parte Appeal; OPP=Opposition; CANC=Cancellation; CU=Concurrent Use; (SJ)=Summary Judgment; (MD)=Motion to

Dismiss; (MR)=Motion to Reopen; (R)=Request for Reconsideration

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

 

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

August 25-29, 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
8-26 EX 74/536,126 MacroLink, Inc. Cissel*

Hanak

Walters

whether, under Sec. 6, applicant may disclaim the terms "SCSI" and "DIS-CONNECT" separately or must disclaim them as a unitary term Refusal Affirmed   "MACROLINK SCSI DISCONNECT" (and design) [computer SCSI Bus in-line electronic circuits for electrically isolating SCSI bus electrical signals]   Cataldo No
8-29 OPP 93,388 Latrobe Brewing Co. v. Olde Heurich Brewing Co. Seeherman

Hohein*

Walters

2(d) Opposition Sustained "ROLLING ROCK," "ROLLING ROCK LIGHT," "ROCK LIGHT," "BOX OF ROCKS," "ROLLING ROCK BOCK," "ROCK BOCK" and others [beer] "SPLIT ROCK" [beer]     No

(1) EX=Ex Parte Appeal; OPP=Opposition; CANC=Cancellation; CU=Concurrent Use; (SJ)=Summary Judgment; (MD)=Motion to

Dismiss; (MR)=Motion to Reopen; (R)=Request for Reconsideration

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

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