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

			    April 29 - May 3, 2002

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

4-30		EX		75/580,063		Joe Driskill, Jr.
		(R)

4-30		EX		75/615,925		TSI Brands, Inc.


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

2(d); 		Request for 				the configuration 
whether the 	Reconsideration				of the body of 
configuration 	Denied					applicant's guitars
of applicant's 	[Refusal 				[musical 
goods has 	Affirmed 				instruments, 
acquired 	(on both 				namely, guitars]
distinctiveness grounds)]
as a trademark

2(d)		Refusal 				"AK AMERICAN 
		Reversed				KHAKIS" 
 							[sportswear, 
							namely, men's and
							women's pants, 
							jeans, shorts and
 							shirts]

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

the configuration of the 			No
body of registrant's guitars 
[musical instruments, namely,
guitars and basses, and parts
therefor]

3 cited registrations, 				No
all owned by the same 
entity:
2 registrations of "AK" 
(in a design format) 
[both registrations reciting 
as goods: "athletic clothing, 
namely, sweaters, jerseys, 
shirts and tops, undershirts, 
pants, hosiery, jackets, ski 
jackets, ski pants, and ski 
suits," one registration based
on Section 44, the other based
on use in commerce]; 
a third registration of "AK" 
in a design format different 
from that shown in the other 
two registrations, but for the
same goods as recited in the 
other two registrations) 


(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
