Date Type of Proceeding
Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties
11-29 EX 75/178,434 Broadview
Associates LLC
11-30 OPP 98,964 R.M.S. Titanic,
OPP 99,005 Inc. v. R.M.S.
Ltd. N.Y.C.
11-30 EX 74/689,088 Armonds Mfg.
Co., Inc.
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
2(e)(1) Refusal "INFORMATION
Affirmed TECHNOLOGY
INDEX"
[written reports
rendered from time
to time on the
performance of
information tech-
nology stocks]
2(d); 2(a); Opposition "TITANIC" "R M S TITANIC"
2(e)(1); Sustained [merchandise and "TITANIC"
[false sug- (but only associated with [clothing, namely,
gestion of a ground that and display of t-shirts, sweat-
connection]; matter fails artifacts con- shirts, shirts,
whether the to function nected with the hats and caps]
matter appli- as a trade- wreck of the
cant seeks to mark and is RMS Titanic]
register merely orna-
functions as mental)
a trademark
or is merely
ornamental
de jure Refusal configuration
function- Affirmed of a toothpick
ality; (on grounds [toothpicks]
whether the of de jure
configuration functionality
of appli- and lack of
cant's goods inherent dis-
is either tinctiveness)
inherently
distinctive
or has
acquired dis-
tinctiveness
through use
in commerce
(Sec. 2(f))
Mark and Citable as
Goods Cited by Precedent
Examining Atty. of TTAB
No
No
No
(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION