Summary of Final Decisions
Issued by the
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
August 4-8, 1997
Type Proceeding
Date of or Party/
Issued Case (1) App'n No. Parties
8-5 CANC 21,800 Pennington
Enterprises,
Inc. v.
Monsanto Co.
8-5 EX 74/596,434 Creativity, Inc.
8-5 OPP 96,152 U.S. Surgical
Corp. v. Acuderm,
Inc.
8-5 CANC 23,859 Texas Turkeys,
Inc. v. William
Terry Albea
8-6 CANC 23,919 Lucrecia v.
Physicians
Aesthetic Re-
search, Inc.
8-6 EX 74/633,855 Superconductor
Technologies, Inc.
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
2(d) Opposition "COLOR YOUR "COLOR YOUR
[priority] Sustained GARDEN" GARDEN"
[flower seeds] [flower seeds]
2(d); 2(e)(1) Refusal "IN PLAIN
Affirmed ENGLISH"
(on both [books concerning
grounds) computers and
technology]
2(d) Opposition "AUTO SUTURE" "ACU-SUTURE"
Dismissed [surgical stapling [surgical devices,
instruments and namely, disposable
staples therefor] devices for sewing
or stiching surgi-
cal sites]
2(d); fraud; Petition to "ARMADILLO "ARMADILLO
laches de- Cancel WILLY'S" and WILLY'S CAFE"
fense Granted "ARMADILLO (and fanciful
[on 2(d) WILLY'S BARBECUE armadillo design)
ground EST. 1983" [restaurant and
only] (and fanciful ar- catering
madillo design) services]
[restaurant and
catering services]
abandonment Petition to "LUCRECE"
Cancel Denied (and design)
[skin care
products]
2(e)(1) Refusal "SUPERFILTER"
Reversed [filters, namely,
cryogenic elec-
tronic filters and
cooled electronic
filters formed
from superconduc-
tive materials]
Mark and Citable as
Goods Cited by Precedent
Examining Atty. of TTAB
No
"PLAIN ENGLISH" No
[computer programs]
No
No
No
No
(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION