Summary of Final Decisions
Issued by the
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
May 20-24, 1996
Type Proceeding
Date of or Party/
Issued Case (1) App'n No. Parties
5-21 EX 74/005,786 Medos S.A.
EX 74/800,604
5-21 EX 74/494,179 Nobl
Laboratories, Inc.
5-21 EX 74/350,184 Sonoscan, Inc.
5-21 EX 74/315,068 Stig R. Erlander
5-21 EX 74/514,384 Atlas Air, Inc.
5-22 EX 74/393,436 BC Int'l. Cosmetic
& Image Services,
Inc.
5-22 EX 74/346,755 Web Printing
Controls Co., Inc.
5-23 EX 74/324,888 John M. Sanders
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
2(e)(1) Refusal "HAKIM"
[genericness] Reversed [medical devices,
(in both namely,
grounds) hydrocephalus
valves]
and "HAKIM"
[medical devices,
namely, external
programmers for
hydrocephalus
valves]
2(e)(1) Refusal design of two pigs
Affirmed [swine vaccines]
2(d) Refusal "SONOSCAN"
Reversed [medical testing
and diagnostic
services]
2(d) Refusal "STIG ERLANDER'S
Affirmed JUBILEE"
[olive oil]
2(d) Refusal "ATLAS AIR"
Affirmed (and design)
[air cargo
services]
2(e)(1) Refusal "BODY GLUE"
Affirmed [adhesives to
affix clothing to
the skin]
2(e)(1) Refusal "MICRODENSITO-
Reversed METER"
[computerized
apparatus for use
with commercial
multi-color web
printing presses
for acquiring and
analyzing images
to determine color
density values of
printed indicia]
whether the Refusal "FOR SALE"
matter Reversed [windshield
asserted for covers, rear
registration window covers,
functions as window covers, and
a trademark vehicle covers]
for the goods
recited in
the application]
Mark and Recommended
Goods Cited by for
Examining Atty. Publication
No
No
"SONOSCAN" No
(in stylized lettering)
[acoustic microscopes
and parts therefor,
instructing others in
techniques of acoustic
microscopy; analysis of
microstructure of
optically opaque
materials by acoustic
microscopy; and
development of
acoustical and optical
instrumentation for
others]
"JUBILEE" No
[vegetable shortening,
salad oil, and
oleomargarine]
"ATLAS" No
[freight forwarding
services]
No
No
No
(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; C=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT USE;
(R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION