Summary of Final Decisions
Issued by the
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
January 15-19, 1996
Type Proceeding
Date of or Party/
Issued Case (1) App'n No. Parties
1-18 OPP 92,282 U.S. Surgical
OPP 93,670 Corp. v.
Linvatec Corp.
1-18 EX 74/276,141 Homedics, Inc.
1-19 EX 74/411,726 Celebrity Int'l.,
Inc.
1-19 EX 74/743,440 Browning
1-19 OPP 92,659 California
Suncare, Inc. v.
Sun Glow Skin
Care, Inc.
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
2(d); Opposition "GRAFTAC" "GRAFTRAC"
decriptive- Dismissed [surgical staplers] [surgical drill
ness/ bits and
distinctive- surgical
ness of instruments,
opposer's namely, soft
pleaded mark tissue
protection
devices]
2(e)(1) Refusal "SONIC WAVE"
Affirmed [massagers]
2(d) Refusal "CELEBRITY KIDS"
Reversed [infants' and
children's jogging
suits, jackets,
short sets,
shirts, short
pants, and
overalls]
de jure Refusal external
functionality; Reversed configuration
2(f) acquired of a
distinctive- semi-automatic
ness rifle
[semi-automatic
rifles]
2(d) Opposition "EXPOSURE" and "ULTIMATE
Sustained "TROPICAL EXPOSURE" EXPOSURE"
[skin tanning (and design)
products] [sunscreen
preparation]
Mark and
Goods of Registration Recommended
Cited by for
Examining Atty. Publication
No
No
"CELEBRITY" No
[men's suits, vests,
trousers, slacks and
sport coats]
No
No
(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; C=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT USE;
(R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION