Summary of Final Decisions
Issued by the
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
January 20-24, 1997
Type Proceeding
Date of or Party/
Issued Case (1) App'n No. Parties
1-22 EX 74/541,654 Merrilat
Industries, Inc.
1-24 EX 74/606,076 MSI Crane &
Equipment Co.,
Inc.
1-24 EX 74/368,375 Good News
(R) Communications,
Inc.
1-24 EX 74/362,978 Quotron Systems,
Inc.
1-24 EX 74/166,615 American National
Can Co.
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
2(e)(4) Refusal "PEMBERTON"
[surname] Affirmed [furniture
cabinets, and
drawers and doors
therefor]
2(e)(2); Refusal "HOUSTON SYSTEMS
Sec. 6 Reversed MARINE PRODUCTS"
disclaimer [crane systems
requirement comprising cranes,
(as to word rig skidding,
"SYSTEMS") leveling jacks,
motion compensa-
tors, line-up
stations, conv-
eyors, power units
and controls
therefor, all
sold as a unit]
whether the Request for "MOVIEGUIDE"
matter Reconsider- [books, magazines
asserted for ation Denied and teaching
registration [Refusal materials on the
is generic; Affirmed subject of rating
if not, (on both movies and videos
whether the grounds)] in accordance with
mark is a Biblical world
registrable view]
under
Section 2(f)
whether the Refusal "ULTRACHART"
term applicant Affirmed [computerized
seeks to financial informa-
register has tion services in
been used as the field of
a service mark data regarding all
for the types of financial
services cited intruments and
in the markets, indices
registration and statistics
relating thereto]
de jure Refusal a can configura-
function- Affirmed tion that includes
ality of (on both thirty flutes of
a product grounds) equal width
configura- extending
tion; substantially the
Sec. 2(f) length of the
distinc- sidewall of the
tiveness can body [metal
of product beverage
configura- containers]
tion
Mark and
Goods of Registration Recommended
Cited by for
Examining Atty. Publication
No
No
No
No
Yes
(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION