Summary of Final Decisions
Issued by the
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
September 22-26, 1997
Type Proceeding
Date of or Party/
Issued Case (1) App'n No. Parties
9-23 EX 74/506,610 Optische Werke G.
Rodenstock
9-23 OPP 98,027 B.U.M. Int'l.,
Inc. v. Jeff L.
Kaplan
9-23 OPP 93,432 American Telephone
OPP 94,033 & Telegraph Co. v.
MCI Communications
Corp.
9-24 EX 74/662,272 Masterchem In-
dustries, Inc.
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
2(d) Refusal "SOLITAIRE"
Affirmed [coatings for
spectacle lens]
2(d) Opposition "B.U.M. "B.U.M. SYSTEMS
Dismissed EQUIPMENT" `BUYING USED
(and design) MUSIC'"
(and several other [retail store
"B.U.M. marks) services in the
[clothing, acces- field of used com-
sories, and promo- pact discs, CD-
tional items] ROM, audio, visual
and computer re-
lated items]
2(e)(1); Oppositions "BETTER FOR
requirement Dismissed YOUR BUSINESS"
for dis- [for failure [telecommunica-
claimer of of opposer tions services,
descriptive to offer namely, electron-
matter any evidence ic transmission
in support of voice, data and
of its information] and
oppositions] "MCI BETTER FOR
YOUR BUSINESS"
[telecommunica-
tions services,
namely, transmis-
sion of voice
and information]
2(d) Refusal "KILZ PRIMETIME
Affirmed PRIMERS"
(and design)
[paint primer]
Mark and Citable as
Goods Cited by Precedent
Examining Atty. of TTAB
"SOLITAIRELENS" No
[contact lenses]
No
No
"PRIME TIME" No
[roof coating]
(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION