United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 17 April 2007

SUMMARY OF FINAL DECISIONS ISSUED BY THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
March 12-16, 2007

Date Issued
 

Type of Case(1)

Proceeding or Appn. No.

Party or Parties

Issue

TTAB Decision

Opposer's or Petitioner's Mark and Goods or Services

Applicant's or Respondent's Mark and Goods or Services

Mark and Goods Cited by Examining Attorney

Citable as Precedent of TTAB

3-15

EX
EX
EX
EX
EX
EX

76457957
76457958
76457959
76457960
76457961
76458326

World Wide Food Products, Inc.

with respect to all six applications:
2(d); whether applicant must submit a new drawing that more clearly displays its mark; whether applicant must delete informational matter from its drawing

Refusal Affirmed in all six cases on all grounds asserted

 

composite mark comprising "GEISHA, A TRADITION OF QUALITY SINCE 1907," "FLOUNDER," informational matter, and designs of a geisha and a flounder [flounder]; composite mark comprising "GEISHA, A TRADITION OF QUALITY SINCE 1907," "WHITING," informational matter, and designs of a geisha and a whiting [whiting]; composite mark comprising "GEISHA, A TRADITION OF QUALITY SINCE 1907," "RAW SQUID," informational matter, and designs of a geisha and a squid [raw squid]; composite mark comprising "GEISHA, A TRADITION OF QUALITY SINCE 1907," "SNOW CRAB," informational matter, and designs of a geisha and a snow crab [snow crab]; composite mark comprising "GEISHA, A TRADITION OF QUALITY SINCE 1907," "SEAFOOD MIX," informational matter, and designs of a geisha and (cont’d. next page)

4 cited registrations, all owned by the same entity:
"GEISHA" [canned and frozen fish and shell fish; and other goods]; "GEISHA" (in stylized letters) [canned crabs, canned tuna, and canned clams; and other goods]; the design of a geisha [canned fish and shellfish, namely, canned crabmeat, shrimp, oysters, clams, tuna, sardines, kippers, mackerel, salmon; frozen fish; and other goods]; "GEISHA" (in stylized letters) [canned fish and shellfish, namely, canned crabmeat, shrimp, oysters, clams, tuna, sardines, kippers, mackerel, salmon; frozen fish; and other goods]

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(cont’d from previous page)
various seafood [seafood mix, namely, frozen entrees consisting primarily of seafood]; composite mark comprising "GEISHA, A TRADITION OF QUALITY SINCE 1907," "RAW WHITE SHRIMP," informational matter, and designs of a geisha and white shrimp [raw white shrimp]

 

 

(1) EX=Ex Parte Appeal; OPP=Opposition; CANC=Cancellation; CU=Concurrent Use; (SJ)=Summary Judgment; (MD)=Motion to Dismiss; (MR)=Motion to Reopen; (R)=Request for Reconsideration (2) *=Opinion Writer; (D)=Dissenting Panel Member