United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 07 November 2006

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

                               October 2-6, 2006



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

10-3            EX              78410108                Hoffman
                                                        Enclosures Inc.

10-6            EX              76342996                Mama Sita's
                                                        Holding Company,
                                                        Inc.


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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "D-BOX"
                Affirmed                                [protective
                                                        cabinets for
                                                        housing electrical,
                                                        electronic, tele-
                                                        communication and
                                                        computer components
                                                        and equipment in
                                                        the data communica-
                                                        tion field]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "MAMA SITA'S"
                Affirmed                                (and design
                                                        incorporating a
                                                        female portrait
                                                        and the words
                                                        MAMA SITA)
                                                        [sauces and spices]


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

"D-BOX"                                         No
[mounts for electronic
instruments, namely,
temperature transmitters,
signal isolators,
electropneumatic
converters, signal
conditioning equipment
and signal transmitters
for use in the industrial
field]

"MAMACITA"                                      No
[vegetable-based
seasonings, namely,
recaito and sofrito]


(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