United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 20 June 2006
Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
May 15-19, 2006
Date Type of Proceeding
Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties
5-12** EX 76586402 The Group
EX 76586403 Design, Inc.
EX 76586404
EX 76586405
5-15 EX 76557044 BBC Ice
Cream, LLC
5-15 EX 78407114 Mad Dog
Multimedia, Inc.
5-15 EX 78196829 Hunter Fan Company
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
2(d) Refusal "MERLIN I,"
Affirmed "MERLIN
in all SPORT & WORK,"
four cases "MERLIN II,"
and "MERLIN
PROFESSIONAL"
[all four marks
for knife sheaths]
2(d) Refusal "BBC BILLIONAIRE
Affirmed BOYS CLUB"
(and design)
[a large number of
goods, including:
knapsacks, duffel
bags, book bags,
and suitcases]
2(d) Refusal "MEGASTOR"
Affirmed [computer
components and
peripherals,
namely, internal
DVD-RW drives
and external
DVD-RW drives]
2(d) Refusal "WEST INDIES
Affirmed COLLECTION"
[ceiling fans,
electric light
fixtures, and
portable lamps]
Mark and Citable as
Goods Cited by Precedent
Examining Atty. of TTAB
"MERLIN TOOL" No
[hand tools,
namely, screwdrivers,
spanners, pliers, and
hammers]
"BBC" No
[luggage, bags,
namely, book bags,
and duffle bags,
knapsacks]
"MEGASTORAGE" No
[audio and video disc
players, and audio and
video disc changers]
"AMERICAN SIGNATURE No
WEST INDIES COLLECTION"
[furniture]
**Inadvertently omitted from the report for the week of May 8-12, 2006.
(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