Summary of Final Decisions
Issued by the
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
June 3-7, 1996
Type Proceeding
Date of or Party/
Issued Case (1) App'n No. Parties
6-4 EX 74/294,216 Twin Laboratories,
Inc.
6-4 EX 74/315,065 Stig R. Erlander
6-4 EX 74/378,510 Multi-asistencia,
S. A.
6-4 EX 74/396,551 Microfibres, Inc.
6-5 EX 74/453,040 Henry Co.
6-5 EX 74/326,789 Brenda French
(R)
6-6 EX 74/428,682 Baldwin Hardware
Corp.
6-7 EX 74/286,487 American Family
Life Assurance
Co. of Columbus
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
whether matter Refusal "INFANT CARE"
asserted for Affirmed [dietary
registration is (on both supplements]
capable of grounds)
registration
on the Supp.
Reg. or is,
instead, a
generic term
for goods to
which it is
applied;
requirement for
literature
under Rule
2.61(b)
2(d) Refusal "ERLANDER'S
Affirmed JUBILEE"
(as to both [cleaning
registrations preparations,
cited) namely, skin soap,
liquid soap for
hands, face and
body, laundry
cleaning
preparation, body
powder and
personal
deodorants]
2(d) Refusal "MA MULTI
Reversed ASSISTANCE"
(and design)
[construction and
repair of
buildings,
maintenance and
restoration of
buildings,
painting
buildings,
plumbing,
electrical repairs
and installation
of heating,
inspection of
building projects,
furniture repairs,
rental of building
and construction
equipment, and
planning and
laying out of
residential
communities by
plot]
2(d) Refusal "MICROVEL"
[deceptive] Reversed [fabrics for
packaging
and display]
2(d) Refusal "POLYMULSION"
Affirmed [asphalt emulsion
for forming a
film on roofs and
roof repair
fabrics and tapes
for professional
roofers]
geographical Request for "FRENCH RAGS"
misdescript- Reconsideration [sweaters,
iveness; Denied scarves, pants,
2(a) [Refusal Affirmed skirts, jackets
[deceptiveness] (on both grounds)] and coats]
2(d) Refusal "STANFORD"
Affirmed [door hardware]
2(d) Refusal "...OUR STRENGTH
Affirmed IS YOUR SECURITY"
[insurance
underwriting
services in the
fields of health,
life, accident,
and cancer
insurance]
Mark and
Goods of Registration Recommended
Cited by for
Examining Atty. Publication
No
"JUBILEE" No
(in stylized lettering)
[body perfumes];
"JUBILEE"
[cleaning and polishing
preparations and
household surfaces]
"MA" No
(and design)
[construction, repair and
demolition services in
connection with fixed
works, namely, asphalt
paving, concrete work,
chip sealing, rubberized
chip sealing, land
leveling, earth moving,
excavation, grading,
trenching, asphalt curb
replacement, patching,
manhole adjusting, edge
drain installation,
concrete reinforced
structure construction
and reconstruction, and
related electrical and
plumbing services]
No
"POLYMULSION" No
[protective coating for
concrete and wood]
No
"STANFORD" No
[wooden doors]
"OUR STRENGTH IS YOUR SECURITY" No
[banking services,
mortgage banking
services, loan financing
services, and trust
services]
(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; C=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT USE;
(R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION