United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 27 Nov 2007

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

                          October 22-26, 2007

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

10-22           OPP             91161992                DBC, LLC v.
                                                        Renaissance
                                                        Herbs, Inc.

10-22           EX              78276739                The Orvis
                                                        Company, Inc.

10-23           EX              79015005                Trumpf GmbH +
                                                        Co. KG

10-24           OPP             91161524                Compevo AB v.
                                                        Taylor Associates
                                                        Communications,
                                                        Inc.

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

2(d)            Opposition      "XANGO"                 "XanoMax"
                Dismissed       [juice containing       [process herbal
                                garcinia mangostana     extract, namely,
                                fruit extract;          standardized
                                liquid dietary          garcinia
                                supplements; and        mangostana for
                                other goods]            use in dietary
                                                        and nutritional
                                                        supplements and
                                                        food and
                                                        beverages, for
                                                        diet and appetite
                                                        suppression and
                                                        not for direct
                                                        treatment of
                                                        anxiety disorder]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "STREAMLINE"
                Reversed                                [fishing vests]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "Merkur"
                Affirmed                                [operating tables
                                                        and parts thereof
                                                        and accessories
                                                        therefor]

whether         Opposition                              "VISIGRAPH"
applicant       Dismissed                               [eye movement
owns the                                                recording system,
mark is seeks                                           comprising goggles,
to register                                             operating software,
                                                        and application
                                                        software, etc.,
                                                        all for use in
                                                        appraisal of
                                                        reading efficiency]

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

                                                No

"STREAMLINE"                                    No
[women's and
girls' swimwear,
leotards, and
girdles]

"MERCURY"                                       No
[full line
of medical equipment
and supplies
identified as
a house mark]

                                                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