United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 14 May 2002

  Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

                                April 1-5, 2002



Date            Type of         Proceeding
Issued          Case (1)        or App'n No.            Party/Parties

4-3             OPP             110,282                 Houghton Mifflin
                                                        Co., Inc. v.
                                                        George M. Tabb

4-3             CANC            28,360                  Coffee Express Co.
                                                        v. Janelco Global,
                                                        Inc.


                                Opposer's/              Applicant's/
                                Petitioner's            Respondent's
                TTAB            Mark and                Mark and
Issue           Decision        Goods/Services          Goods/Services

2(d)            Opposition      "CURIOUS GEORGE"        "FURIOUS GEORGE"
                Sustained       and                     [film, video, and
                                "CURIOUS GEORGE"        audio recordings
                                (and design)            featuring musical
                                [entertainment          entertainment;
                                services, namely,       entertainment
                                a television            services, namely,
                                series for              live performances
                                children; a series      by a musical band]
                                of books for
                                children; and
                                a variety of
                                other goods and
                                services]

2(d);           Petition        "COFFEE EXPRESS,"       "COFFEE EXPRESS"
affirmative     to Cancel       "COFFEE EXPRESS"        (and design)
defense of      Granted;        (and design),           [shelf-stable
laches;         Counter-        "COFFEE EXPRESS         liquid coffee
counterclaim    claim to        COMPANY,"               concentrate and
to cancel       cancel          "COFFEE EXPRESS         powdered coffee]
pleaded         Denied          COMPANY
registration                    WHOLESALE
of mark                         ROASTERS OF FINE
COFFEE                          SPECIALTY
EXPRESS                         COFFEES"
for non-                        (and design)
electric                        and other marks
coffee pots,                    containing the
on grounds                      words "COFFEE
of                              EXPRESS"
genericness                     [all marks for
                                coffee and coffee
                                beans];
                                "COFFEE EXPRESS"
                                [non-electric
                                coffee pots]


Mark and                                        Citable as
Goods Cited by                                  Precedent
Examining Atty.                                 of TTAB

                                                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