Date Type of Proceeding
Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties
11-29 EX 75/324,702 California
SunCare, Inc.
11-29 EX 74/686,523 FG Industries
11-29 EX 75/181,451 Tiara Motorcoach
Corp.
11-29 EX 74/631,589 Greenleaf, Inc.
(R)
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
2(d) Refusal "HOT CHOCOLATE"
Affirmed [skin care
products, namely,
tanning lotions]
2(d) Refusal "BLANC NOIR"
Reversed [casual wear,
namely, shorts,
skirts, pants,
jackets, socks,
shoes, and hats]
2(d) Refusal "TIARA
Affirmed INTERNATIONAL
MOTORCOACH
CORPORATION"
(and design)
[conversion vans,
minivans, pick-up
trucks, and sport
utility vehicles]
de jure Request for configuration of
function- Reconsidera- the flatpack en-
ality; tion Denied velope that serves
whether [Refusal as a container for
applicant's Affirmed applicant's goods
product (on both [air fresheners]
configuration grounds)]
has become
distinctive
under Section
2(f)
Mark and Citable as
Goods Cited by Precedent
Examining Atty. of TTAB
"HOT CHOCOLATE" No
[cologne]
mark consisting of the No
letters "MDC"
(in highly stylized form),
the words "MADRID,"
"AMERICA,"
"BLANC," and
"N'OIR," and design
elements
[t-shirts, jean
sweat shirts, sweat
pants, jackets, shorts,
pants, and caps and
hats]
"TIARA" No
(in stylized lettering)
[automobiles];
"TIARA"
[vans and trucks and
structural parts therefor
and van conversions]
No
(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION