United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 03 May 2005

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

3-31            EX              76230196                Gibson Guitar Corp.

3-31            OPP             91120712                The Sea Island
                OPP             91121447                Company v. Kroehler
                                                        Corporation and
                                                        American Signature,
                                                        Inc.


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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "LP"
                Affirmed                                [stringed musical
                as to all                               instruments,
                six cited                               namely, electric
                registrations                           guitars]

2(d);           Opposition      "SEA ISLAND             "SEA ISLAND
2(e)(3),        Dismissed       BEACH CLUB"             COLLECTION"
as to the       in both         [snack bar              [a wide variety of
AMERICAN        cases           services,               furniture and home
SIGNATURE                       restaurant and          and office
SEA ISLAND                      cocktail lounge         furnishings; retail
COLLECTION                      services, and           furniture store
mark                            retail gift             services and elec-
                                shop services],         tronic retail of
                                "SEA ISLAND             furniture using a
                                BEACH CLUB"             global computer
                                (and design)            and/or
                                [resort services,       communications
                                namely, beach club      network] and
                                and swimming club       "AMERICAN
                                services and beauty     SIGNATURE SEA
                                care, spa and           ISLAND COLLECTION"
                                health club             [a wide variety of
                                services]; and a        furniture and home
                                number of other         and office
                                marks comprising or     furnishings; retail
                                incorporating the       furniture store
                                term "SEA ISLAND"       services and
                                [a wide range of        computerized
                                goods and services,     on-line retail
                                including personal      furniture store
                                care products and       services]
                                toiletries,
                                restaurant and bar
                                services, yacht
                                club and marina
                                services, real
                                estate brokerage
                                and management
                                services, retail
                                florist services,
                                resort hotel
                                services,
                                educational
                                services in a
                                variety of fields,
                                garage and auto
                                repair services,
                                laundry and dry
                                cleaning services,
                                landscaping
                                services,
                                construction of
                                resort homes and
                                condominiums, golf
                                clubs, etc.]


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

six cited registrations,                        No
all owned by the
same entity:
"LP LATIN
PERCUSSION"
(and design),
"LP"
(and design),
"LP MUSIC COLLECTION"
(and design),
"LP ASPIRE," "LP"
(and design),
and "LP RHYTHMIX"
(and design)
[all six marks
for percussion musical
instruments]

                                                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