Summary of Final Decisions
Issued by the
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
November 11-15, 1996
Type Proceeding
Date of or Party/
Issued Case (1) App'n No. Parties
11-12 EX 74/173,959 Nanco, Inc
11-13 EX 74/368,375 Good News
Communications,
Inc.
11-14 OPP 87,869 Matthew Gloag
& Sons Ltd. v.
Nickerson
11-14 EX 74/500,776 Rayzist Photomask,
Inc.
11-14 EX 74/587,088 Bentex Kiddie
Corp.
11-14 EX 74/503,246 Stewart
Electronics Corp.
11-15 EX 74/481,308 American Oncologic
Associates of
Michigan
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
whether Refusal "SWEETWATER"
applicant has Affirmed [bottled drinking
used the mark water]
shown in
its drawing
[mutilation]
whether the Refusal "MOVIEGUIDE"
matter Affirmed [books, magazines
asserted for (on both and teaching
registration grounds) materials on
is generic; the subject of
if not, rating movies and
whether the videos in
mark is accordance with a
registrable Biblical world
under view]
Section 2(f)
2(d) Opposition "THE FAMOUS "PARTRIDGE SCOTCH
Dismissed GROUSE" WHISKEY"
(and bird design) (and bird design)
[Scotch whiskey] [wine, Scotch and
whiskey]
2(e)(1) Refusal "CRYSTAL CARVER
Affirmed ASSOCIATION"
[mail order
catalog services
featuring glass
and stone
products with
customized
sandblast
decorations]
2(d) Refusal "IMAGINE"
Affirmed [wholesale goods
sold exclusively
to clothing
retailers, namely,
outerwear,
including
jackets,
sweatshirts, etc.]
2(d) Refusal "STEWART
Affirmed ELECTRONICS"
[consumer
electronic audio
products, namely,
amplifiers,
stereos, audio
cassette
recorders and
players, CD
players, and audio
speakers for home
and automobile
use; and
electrical
connector cables
for use in
consumer and
professional
audio and video
products, etc.]
2(e)(2) Refusal "MICHIGAN
Affirmed INSTITUTE FOR
RADIATION
ONCOLOGY"
[medical treatment
services]
Mark and
Goods of Registration Recommended
Cited by for
Examining Atty. Publication
No
No
No
No
"IMAGINE"
(and design)
[jackets, sweatshirts,
etc.] No
"STEWART" No
[radios, tape recorders
and tape players]
No
(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION