Date Type of Proceeding
Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties
8-6 OPP 90,621 Automobile
Club de
l'Ouest de la
France v.
R. J.
Reynolds
Tobacco Co.
8-7 EX 75/063,713 Fairfield Line,
Inc.
8-7 EX 74/615,800 Better Government
Bureau
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
2(d) Opposition "LE MANS" "LEMANS"
Sustained (and design) [cigarettes]
[organizing and
conducting auto-
mobile races];
"LES 24 HEURES
DU MANS"
[books; playing
cards; key rings;
clothing;
ashtrays]
2(e)(1) Refusal "FEATHERLITE"
Affirmed [gloves]
2(d) Refusal "BETTER
Affirmed GOVERNMENT
BUREAU"
[promoting and
advocating the
interests of its
dues-paying
citizen and busi-
ness members in
the fields of
politics and
government regula-
tion]
Mark and Citable as
Goods Cited by Precedent
Examining Atty. of TTAB
No
No
"BETTER BUSINESS No
BUREAU" and
"BETTER BUSINESS
BUREAU BBB"
(and torch design)
[investigative and
information services
relative to business and
trade practices for
protecting responsible
business against
abusive business
practices and for
establishing and
maintaining legitimate
advertising and
merchandising
practices; indicating
membership in
applicant]
(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION