United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 14 November 2006

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

                           October 9-13, 2006



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

10-11           EX              78404496                Jose R. Negron Cruz

10-11           EX              78279545                G. Loomis, Inc.


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

                 Refusal                                "MIA MODA INTIMA"
2(d)             Affirmed                               (and design)
                                                        [women's underwear
                                                        and clothing,
                                                        namely, brassieres,
                                                        panties, pajamas,
                                                        babydoll pajamas,
                                                        shirts, jeans,
                                                        blouses, tops,
                                                        bathing suits,
                                                        belts, socks]

2(d)             Refusal                                "METOLIUS"
                 Affirmed                               [artificial
                                                        fishing bait,
                                                        fishing hooks,
                                                        fishing lure
                                                        boxes, fishing
                                                        lures, fishing
                                                        poles, fishing
                                                        reels, fishing
                                                        rod blanks,
                                                        fishing rods,
                                                        fishing tackle
                                                        boxes and fishing
                                                        tackle and
                                                        weights for
                                                        fishing lines]


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

"MIA"                                           No
[shoes and
footwear]

"METOLIUS"                                      No
[house mark for
a full line of
mountain climbing
equipment]

(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