Summary of Final Decisions
Issued by the
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
January 12-16, 1998
Type Proceeding
Date of or Party/
Issued Case (1) App'n No. Parties
1-12 EX 74/447,060 Net Edge Systems,
Inc.
1-12 CANC 24,549 Jason Inc. v.
Munck Cranes Inc.
1-12 OPP 92,808 Facts on File,
Inc. v. Credit
Bureau of Baton
Rouge, Inc.
1-13 EX 74/646,137 Hartz & Co., Inc.
1-13 EX 74/678,832 ABB Power T&D
Co., Inc.
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
2(e)(1) Refusal "ATM CONNECT"
Affirmed [internetworking
router]
2(d) Petition "LOAD RUNNERS" "LOADRUNNER"
to Cancel [idler rollers] [overhead cranes]
Granted
2(d); Opposition check mark design "CHECKFAX"
ownership Dismissed [reference books (and design)
of the mark and periodical [credit bureau or
publications, credit inquiry and
namely, encyclo- consultation]
pedias, diction-
aries, atlases,
treatises, and
loose leaf
binders, in the
fields of medi-
cine, health,
history, current
affairs, politics,
business, finance,
sports, litera-
ture, language,
travel, art,
music, food,
science, nature,
archaeology, en-
tertainment, edu-
cation, criminol-
ogy, religion,
and child devel-
opment]
2(e)(4) Refusal "LANHAM"
[surname] Affirmed [men's clothing
and formalwear,
namely, shirts,
pants, suits,
hats, jackets,
coats, shorts,
sweaters, vests,
ties, and rain-
wear]
2(e)(1) Refusal "SAFEGEAR"
Reversed [electrical
switchgear]
Mark and Citable as
Goods Cited by Precedent
Examining Atty. of TTAB
No
No
No
No
No
(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION