United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 01 January 2002

  Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
                             November 19-23, 2001


Date            Type of         Proceeding
Issued          Case (1)        or App'n No.            Party/Parties

11-20           EX              75/733,332              Wesley Snipes

11-20           EX              75/808,145              Intellectual
                                                        Property/
                                                        Technology Law

11-20           EX              75/643,218              S. S. Dweck & Sons,
                                                        Inc.


                                Opposer's/              Applicant's/
                                Petitioner's            Respondent's
                TTAB            Mark and                Mark and
Issue           Decision        Goods/Services          Goods/Services

2(e)(1)         Refusal                                 "LYRICAL PASSION
                Reversed                                PLAY"
                                                        [series of short
                                                        films in the fields
                                                        of drama, comedy,
                                                        and action that are
                                                        thematically
                                                        motivated by the
                                                        stories that
                                                        inspire popular
                                                        songs]

2(e)(1);        Refusal                                 "PATENT ATTORNEYS
whether the     Affirmed                                AT LAW"
matter          (on both                                [intellectual
asserted for    grounds)                                property legal
registration                                            services]
functions as a
mark for
applicant's
recited
services

2(d)            Refusal                                 "STEAM-SHIP BRAND
                Affirmed                                FINE IMPORTS BY
                (as to both                             DWECK"
                cited                                   (and design)
                registrations)                          [lamps; household
                                                        sponges, scrub
                                                        brushes, trash
                                                        cans, drinking
                                                        glasses, soap
                                                        dishes, etc.;
                                                        bedspreads,
                                                        blankets,
                                                        tablecloths, shower
                                                        curtains, etc;
                                                        floor mats for
                                                        vehicles, rugs,
                                                        rubber tub mats,
                                                        etc.]


Mark and                                        Citable as
Goods Cited by                                  Precedent
Examining Atty.                                 of TTAB

                                                No

                                                No

"STEPHEN DWECK"                                 No
[pillows and furniture; comforters,
bed sheets, table linens, towels,
and fabrics; carpeting, area rugs,
and wall paper; lamps] and
[silver cutlery, silver vases,
silver trays, etc.; wooden jewelry
boxes, etc.; china dinnerware, etc.;
crystal vases, drinking glasses, etc.;
leather belts and buckles]

(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