Summary of Final Decisions
Issued by the
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
December 9-13, 1996
Type Proceeding
Date of or Party/
Issued Case (1) App'n No. Parties
12-9 EX 74/492,236 Terra Int'l, Inc.
12-10 EX 74/471,755 Seneca Sports, Inc.
12-10 EX 74/411,900 Hoechst AG
12-10 EX 74/434,469 Thomas J. Herzfeld
Advisors, Inc.
12-11 EX 74/184,144 General Electric
Co.
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
2(d) Refusal "ACTIVATE PLUS-
Affirmed SUPERIOR 90/10
NONIONIC
SPREADER/
ACTIVATOR"
(and design)
[spreader/
activator for
use in connection
with agricultural
herbicides]
2(d) Refusal "FUTURA"
Reversed [in-line skates]
2(e)(4) Refusal "HOECHST"
Affirmed [plastic fibers,
film, and sheet
and microporous
film and hollow
fibers, for
general industrial
use; synthetic
fibers and fila-
ments, such as
acetate staple;
acetate yarn]
2(e)(1) Refusal "THE CUBA FUND"
Affirmed [fund investment
services]
whether the Refusal "WASH DOWN DUTY"
application Affirmed (and design)
identified [electric motors]
applicant's
goods with
enough
specificity
Mark and
Goods of Registration Recommended
Cited by for
Examining Atty. Publication
"ACTIVATE" No
[surfactant for use with
herbicides, insecticides
and fungicides]
"FUTURA" No
[racquetball rackets,
tennis rackets, squash
rackets and golf clubs]
and "FUTURA PLUS"
[golf clubs and golf
balls]
No
No
No
(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION