United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 22 August 2006

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

                            July 17-21, 2006



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

7-17            EX              76552569                American Needle

7-17            EX              78377288                Pulsafeeder, Inc.


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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "CHICAGO STING"
                Affirmed                                [clothing, namely,
                                                        headwear including
                                                        hats and caps,
                                                        pants, shirts,
                                                        skirts, coats,
                                                        jackets, shoes, and
                                                        belts]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "OMNI"
                Reversed                                [mechanical
                                                        diaphragm metering
                                                        pumps used in
                                                        chemical metering]


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

"STING"                                         No
(in design format)
[clothing, namely, t-shirts,
tank tops, sweat shirts,
knit shirts, shorts, pants,
woven shorts, sweaters,
swimwear, hats and socks]

2 cited registrations,                          No
both owned by the
same entity: "OMNI"
(and design)
[flow measurement and
control computers for
the measurement of
liquid hydrocarbon and
gas flows];
"OMNICOM"
[PC-based computer
software used to
communicate with
devices for the
measurement of liquid
and gas flow;
computer program
user manuals for use
in communication with
devices for the
measurement of liquid
and gas flow]


(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