Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
July 6-10, 1998
Date Type of Proceeding
Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties
7-8 EX 75/017,413 Lancer Ortho-
dontics, Inc.
7-8 OPP 101,856 General Electric
Co. v. Asha
Records, Inc.
7-8 EX 74/693,416 Volk Art, Inc.
7-8 EX 74/635,846 Raceway Lube Inc.
7-8 EX 74/241,020 Fonovisa, Inc.
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
2(d) Refusal IN ADVANCE and
reversed design
[dental abrasives
and polishes]
2(d) Opposition design of dog with ASHA RECORDS and
sustained phonograph player fanciful rabbit
[sound recordings design with phono-
and various elec- graph player
tronic products] [pre-recorded
tapes, phonograph
records and com-
pact discs
featuring music]
2(a) (decep- Refusals BLANC DE CHINE
tive) and affirmed [porcelain, name-
2(e)(1) ly, lamp bases,
[deceptively pots and fig-
misdescrip- urines]
tive]
2(d) Refusal RACEWAY LUBE
affirmed [vehicle lubrica-
tion and oil
change services]
2(d) Refusal MELODY and design
reversed [cassette tapes,
compact discs and
phonograph records
bearing musical
sound recordings
in the Spanish
language]
Mark and Citable as
Goods Cited by Precedent
Examining Atty. of TTAB
ADVANCE No
[dental restorative
materials]
No
No
RACEWAY No
[motor oil]
The word "MELODY" No
in Russian Cyrillic
[phonograph records,
audio cassettes and
compact discs, all for
musical recordings]
(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION