Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
March 13-17, 2000
Date Type of Proceeding
Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties
3-27 EX 75/172,478 S.O.S. Corp.
3-28 EX 75/293,872 Educational
Funding Services,
Inc.
3-28 EX 74/603,891 Indena S.p.A.
3-29 EX 75/183,983 International
Business
Machines Corp.
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
2(d) Refusal "HYDRAWEB"
Reversed [computer
software, routers,
and multiplexors
that serve to
redirect HTTP
calls to
heterogeneous web
servers]
2(d) Refusal "EFG"
Affirmed [loan financing;
security services,
namely,
guaranteeing
loans]
whether Refusal "PHYTOSOME"
applicant's Affirmed [complexes
mark is of vegetable
registrable substances with
on the phospholipids for
Supplemental use in the
Register manufacture of
[genericness] cosmetics,
pharmaceuticals
and health foods]
2(e)(1) Refusal "SURFACE LAMINAR
Affirmed CIRCUIT"
[computer
hardware, namely,
printed circuit
boards and cards,
utilizing a
dielectric for
circuit design and
interconnection]
Mark and Citable as
Goods Cited by Precedent
Examining Atty. of TTAB
"HYDRA" No
[interface between a
number of terminals
and a computer]
"THE EFG No
CONNECTION"
[newsletter for high
school guidance
counselors and
financial aid
professionals providing
information on career
planning, college
selection, and financial
aid]
No
No
(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION; (MD)=MOTION
TO DISMISS; (MR)=MOTION TO REOPEN