Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
November 29 - December 3, 1999
Date Type of Proceeding
Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties
11-29 OPP 82,056 The Oakland
OPP 82,057 Corp. v. Nylok
OPP 82,058 Fastener Corp.
OPP 82,059
OPP 82,061
OPP 82,082
OPP 82,179
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
de jure Opposition a blue patch on
function- Dismissed threads of an in-
ality; (in all ternally threaded
whether the seven cases) fastener, with
matter appli- blue patch ex-
cant seeks to tending less than
register has 160 degrees around
become the fastener's
distinctive circumference and
of its goods a blue patch on
under Section threads of an in-
2(f) ternally threaded
fastener, with
blue patch ex-
tending more than
160 degrees around
the fastener's
circumference and
a blue pellet on
an internally
threaded fastener
extending from the
exterior to the
interior surface
of the fastener
[all three marks
for various in-
ternally-threaded
fasteners]; a blue
patch on the
threads of an ex-
ternally threaded
fastener, with
blue patch ex-
tending more than
90 but less than
360 degrees around
the fastener's
circumference and
a blue patch on
the threads of an
externally-
threaded fastener,
with blue patch
extending 360
degrees around the
fastener's circum-
ference and a blue
pellet on a
portion of the
threads of an ex-
ternally threaded
fastener and a
strip of blue ex-
tending perpendic-
ular to a portion
of the threads of
an externally-
threaded fastener
[all four marks
for various ex-
ternally-threaded
fasteners]
Mark and Citable as
Goods Cited by Precedent
Examining Atty. of TTAB
No
(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION