Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
September 27 - October 1, 1999
Date Type of Proceeding
Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties
9-27 OPP 97,609 Kal Kan Foods,
Inc. v. Hacht
Sales and
Marketing, Ltd.
9-27 EX 74/476,641 Packet Engines
(WA) Inc.
9-27 OPP 106,540 Hewlett-Packard
Co. v.
Packquisition
Corp.
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
2(d); Opposition "PEDIGREE" "PEDIGREE PARK"
affirmative Sustained [pet food; beds [pet supplies,
defense of for household namely, rawhide
laches pets] et al. chews, animal
leashes and
collars]
genericness Refusal "PACKET ENGINES"
[whether Affirmed [computer hardware
applicant's and computer
mark is programs for data
registrable communications,
on the Supp. storage and image
Reg.]; applications]
whether
applicant's
mark has
acquired dis-
tinctiveness
under Sec.
2(f)
2(d) Oppositon "HEWLETT-PACKARD" "PACKARD
Sustained [computers, TECHNOLOGIES"
computer software, [data and informa-
data processing tion processing;
and data storage electronic trans-
systems and mission of data
accessories; and documents via
consulting computer termi-
services in the nals; electronic
field of data transmission of
processing; messages and data;
apparatus used for data and digital
data acquisition information (media
and processing; duplication of);
etc.] conversion from
one media form to
another media
(document data
transfer and
physical)]
Mark and Citable as
Goods Cited by Precedent
Examining Atty. of TTAB
No
No
No
(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION