United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 30 April 2002

  Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

                               March 18-22, 2002


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

3-19            EX              75/767,435              The Mercy Hospital
                                                        of Pittsburgh

3-19            EX              75/742,020              William A. Lois

3-19            EX              75/646,479              Triton Boat Co.,
                                                        L. P.


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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "OPERATION SAFETY
                Reversed                                NET"
                                                        [healthcare
                                                        services provided
                                                        to unsheltered and
                                                        transient homeless
                                                        community through
                                                        drop-in care
                                                        centers, shelters,
                                                        mobile care van and
                                                        by foot and other
                                                        related medical
                                                        treatments, said
                                                        healthcare services
                                                        not including drug
                                                        replacement
                                                        treatment services]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "CF"
                Affirmed                                [clothing, namely,
                                                        shirts, pants,
                                                        jackets, underwear,
                                                        hats, bathing
                                                        suits; and
                                                        sportswear, namely,
                                                        tennis shoes,
                                                        headbands,
                                                        wristbands, and
                                                        sweat socks]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "SUMMIT BOATS"
                Reversed                                [boats]


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

"SAFETY NET"                                    No
[health care services,
namely, drug replacement
treatment services for
qualified needy patients]

"CF"                                            No
(in stylized lettering)
[western-style clothing,
namely, bandanas]

"SUMMIT"                                        No
[snowmobiles and structural
parts therefor]


(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