Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
August 27-21, 1998
Date Type of Proceeding
Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties
8-20 OPP 87,789 Neostrata
Co., Inc. and
Herald Phar-
macal, Inc.
v. Neoteric
Cosmetics,
Inc.
8-20 EX 74/676,406 Image
Sciences,
Inc.
8-20 OPP 95,866 The Mead
CANC 23,395 Corp. v.
Lisa Frank,
Inc.
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
genericness; Opposition "ALPHA
2(e)(1); Dismissed HYDROX"
whether [registration [skin
applicant's under lotions]
mark is reg- Sec. 2(f)
istrable permitted]
under Section
2(f)
2(d) Refusal "DOCUWORKS"
Affirmed [computer software
utility programs
for document crea-
tion, production
and manufacture,
namely, file
transfer identifi-
cation, conversion
from one font to
another and
graphic enablers]
2(d) Opposition "RAINBOW" "RAINBOW REEF"
Dismissed; [paper tablets] [stationery-type
Petition for "RAINBOW" portfolios, note-
partial can- [school and sta- books, writing
cellation tionery products, tablets, memo pads
denied including paper and stickers]
tablets] "RAINBOW CHASER"
[notebooks,
folders, binders,
and stationery]
Mark and Citable as
Goods Cited by Precedent
Examining Atty. of TTAB
No
"DOCWORX" No
[computer software
used in the appli-
cation of document
management and
document image
processing, and
computer hardware
and peripherals
in a networked
communication
environment,
including laser
printers, image
scanners, computer
processing units,
optical disc juke
boxes, monitors
and related in-
struction manuals
sold as a unit]
No
(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION