Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
March 15-19, 1999
Date Type of Proceeding
Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties
3-16 EX 74/695,059 Packaged Ice, Inc.
3-16 CANC 22,859 Edison Brothers
Stores, Inc. v.
Terra Nova Shoes
Ltd.
3-16 EX 74/734,547 Richard Joseph
Couture
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
whether the Refusal "PACKAGED ICE"
matter Affirmed [plastic bags for
asserted for packaging]
registration
functions as
a trademark
to identify
applicant's
goods in
commerce
2(d) Petition to A "family" of "WILD SIDER"
Cancel Denied marks incorpora- [footwear]
ting the word
"WILD," including:
"THE WILD PAIR"
[shoes; retail
store services
featuring shoes
and accessories];
"WILD PAIR"
(and design)
[shoes and hand-
bags, hosiery,
sweatshirts,
pantyhose, socks,
shirts and belts];
"WILD WEAR"
(and design)
[sweatshirts,
pantyhose, socks
and shirts];
"THE WILD THINGS"
(and design)
[earrings and shoe
ornaments]
2(e)(1) Refusal "GENERIC"
Affirmed [local and long
distance telephone
communications
services;
cellular telephone
services]
Mark and Citable as
Goods Cited by Precedent
Examining Atty. of TTAB
No
No
Yes
(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION