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