United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 30 September 2003

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

                              August 25-29, 2003



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

8-25            OPP             117,294                 Valentino
                OPP             118,064                 Couture, Inc. v.
                (SJ)                                    Vantage Custom
                                                        Classics, Inc.


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

whether         Opposer's       "V"                     "V"
applicant is    motion          (and oval design)       (and design)
precluded by    for             [a variety of           [all purpose
the terms of    summary         clothing and            athletic bags,
a prior         judgment        accessory items]        all purpose sport
settlement      granted in                              bags, barrel bags,
agreement       both cases;                             school book bags,
from            applicant                               and tote bags, all
applying to     allowed 20                              made of leather
register its    days to                                 and cloth; custom
marks           file                                    embroidered
                express                                 sportswear,
                abandon-                                namely, men's and
                ments of                                women's shirts,
                its two                                 sweaters, vests,
                applica-                                jackets, warm-up
                tions                                   pants, shorts,
                                                        bathrobes, sweat-
                                                        shirts, and caps,
                                                        etc.] and
                                                        "VANTAGE"
                                                        (plus "V" and
                                                        design)
                                                        [stadium blankets;
                                                        sportswear,
                                                        namely, men's and
                                                        women's golf
                                                        shirts, rugby
                                                        shirts, cardigans,
                                                        sweaters, vests,
                                                        jackets, warm-up
                                                        pants, shorts,
                                                        bathrobes,
                                                        t-shirts, sweat-
                                                        shirts, golf caps
                                                        and baseball caps]


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

                                                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