United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 12 December 2006

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

                              November 6-10, 2006



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

11-7            EX              76565906                Guntersville
                                                        Breathables, Inc.

11-7            OPP             91161729                Altadis U.S.A. Inc.
                                                        v. Bacardi & Co.
                                                        Ltd

11-7            CANC            92040128                Mattel, Inc. v.
                                                        Funline Merchandise
                                                        Co., Inc.

11-8            EX              75334378                Specialty Coating
                                                        Systems, Inc.


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

2(e)(1);        Refusal                                 "CHILLY PAD"
whether the     Affirmed                                [evaporative
identification  on both                                 cooling pads]
of goods is     grounds
sufficiently
definite

2(e)(1); 2(d)   Opposition      "CAZADORES"             "CAZADORES"
                Dismissed       [cigars]                [non-electric
                                                        lighters not of
                                                        precious metal,
                                                        matches,
                                                        non-precious metal
                                                        ashtrays]

2(d)            Petition        "RAD RIGS"              "RAD RODS"
                to Cancel       [toy vehicles and       (in stylized
                Granted         accessories therefor]   lettering)
                                                        [mechanical action
                                                        toy vehicles]

                Affirmed                                (and design)
                                                        [apparatus for
                                                        measuring the
                                                        residual ionic
                                                        contamination of
                                                        electronic parts,
                                                        structural
                                                        components and
                                                        printed wiring
                                                        assemblies]


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

                                                No

                                                No

                                                Yes

"OMEGA"                                         No
[a wide variety of industrial
and electronic parts and
equipment including ion
analyzers]


(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