United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 03 June 2003

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

                         April 28 - May 2, 2003



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

4-30            EX              75/490,727              Baldwin Hardware
                                                        Corp.

4-30            EX              76/175,703              Liberty Hardware
                                                        Mfg. Corp.

4-30            EX              76/297,947              Oriental Foodbank,
                                                        Inc.


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

2(e)(1)         Refusal                                 "THE LIFETIME
                Affirmed                                FINISH"
                                                        [finish coating in
                                                        the nature of
                                                        electroplated and
                                                        vapor deposited
                                                        metals sold as an
                                                        integral component
                                                        of metallic door
                                                        hardware, namely,
                                                        locks, latches,
                                                        knobs, knobs in the
                                                        nature of levers,
                                                        and hinges]

2(e)(4)         Refusal                                 "MANSFIELD"
                Affirmed                                [bathroom
                                                        accessories,
                                                        namely, towel bars,
                                                        towel rings, toilet
                                                        tissue holders,
                                                        soap dishes,
                                                        tumbler holders,
                                                        and toothbrush
                                                        holders]

2(d)            Refusal                                 configuration of
                Reversed                                the bottle for
                                                        applicant's goods
                                                        [menthol oil]


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

                                                No

                                                No

configuration of the                            No
bottle for registrant's
goods [medicated oil
for use in relief of
bodily aches and pains]


(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