Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
June 19-23, 2000
Date Type of Proceeding
Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties
6-21 EX 75/313,058 Medinol Ltd.
6-21 OPP 107,647 South-western
Bell Telecom-
munications, Inc.
v. Patrick Vernon
Palmer
6-21 EX 74/461,397 Precise Imports
Corp.
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
2(e)(1) Refusal "TRANSFORMABLE
Affirmed GEOMETRY"
[medical devices,
namely, stents]
2(d) Opposition the following "FREEFONE"
[opposer Dismissed marks, asserted (in stylized
asserting a individually and lettering)
"family" of as a "family" of [advertising
marks incor- "FREEDOM" marks: services, namely,
porating the "FREEDOM PHONE" providing adver-
word FREEDOM] [wireless tising space on
telephones, wire- public telephones
less telephone and telephone
receiving booths, and rental
stations, and of advertising
wireless telephone space on public
base stations; telephones and
telephones answer- telephone booths]
ing machines,
telephone acces-
sories, etc.];
"FREEDOMLINK" and
"FREEDOM LINK"
(and design)
[both marks for
wireless communi-
cation equipment,
comprising a
control unit and
hand sets that
will allow the
use of cellular
frequencies];
"TOLL-FREEDOM"
[cellular tele-
phone services]
2(a) Refusal "SWISS MILITARY"
[false Affirmed [watches]
suggestion (on both
of a grounds)
connection];
2(d)
Mark and Citable as
Goods Cited by Precedent
Examining Atty. of TTAB
No
No
"SWISS ARMY" No
[watches]
(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION; (MD)=MOTION
TO DISMISS; (MR)=MOTION TO REOPEN