United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 02 October 2007

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

                              August 27-31, 2007



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

8-27            EX              76600374                Marisol, LLC

8-28            EX              78326818                Dakota Natural
                                                        Foods, Inc.

8-28            EX              78521961                Joint-Stock
                                                        Company "Baik"

8-28            EX              78682282                Cathy Lynn Carlson

8-28            CANC            92043953                Tri-Star
                                                        Marketing,
                                                        LLC v. Nino Franco
                                                        Spumanti S.R.L.

8-28            OPP             91155687                B&B Hardware, Inc.
                                                        v. Sealtite
                                                        Building Fasteners


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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "DON THE
                Affirmed                                BEACHCOMBER"
                                                        [rum]

genericness     Refusal                                 "JUMBOZ"
[whether        Affirmed                                [processed
applicant's                                             sunflower seeds]
mark is
registrable
on the
Supplemental
Register]

2(e)(4)          Refusal                                "BAIK"
                 Reversed                               [vodka]

2(a)             Refusal                                "YOU CUM LIKE
[scandalous]     Affirmed                               A GIRL"
                                                        [clothing, namely,
                                                        t-shirts, tank
                                                        tops, lingerie,
                                                        jackets, hats,
                                                        pants, scarves,
                                                        shoes and socks]

fraud           Petition                                "RUSTICO"
                to Cancel                               [wines and
                Denied                                  sparkling wines]

2(d)            Opposition      "SEALTIGHT"             "SEALTITE"
                Sustained       [threaded or            [self-piercing
                                unthreaded metal        and self-drilling
                                fasteners and other     metal screws for
                                related hardware,       use in the manu-
                                namely, self-           facture of metal
                                sealing nuts,           and post-frame
                                bolts, screws,          buildings]
                                rivets and washers,
                                all having a
                                captive o-ring
                                for use in the
                                aerospace industry]


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

"BEACHCOMBER"                                   No
[flavored rum]

                                                No

                                                Yes

                                                No

                                                Yes

                                                No


(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