Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
October 11-15, 1999
Date Type of Proceeding
Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties
10-13 EX 75/126,814 AutoNation Inc.
(R)
10-13 EX 75/180,984 Suburban Caps,
Inc.
10-14 EX 75/285,549 Catco, Inc.
10-14 OPP 99,073 SkyTel Corp.
v. Moorer
Technologies
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
whether the Request for "MEGA SELECTION"
matter appli- Reconsidera- (and design)
cant seeks to tion Denied [automobile
register (Refusal dealership
functions as Affirmed) services]
a service
mark for the
services
recited in
the
application
2(d) Refusal "SUBURBAN CAPS"
Affirmed (and design)
[installation
and maintenance of
caps in trucks and
automobile acces-
sories therefor]
2(e)(1); Refusal "BLOW UPS"
requirement Affirmed [toys and play-
for a more (but on things, namely,
particular 2(e)(1) collapsible
identifica- ground only) stuffed toy
tion of goods figures]
2(d) Opposition "SKYPAGER" "SKY VOICE MAIL"
Sustained [numeric paging (and design)
services and [electronic voice
pagers], messaging
"SKYWORD" services]
[alphanumeric
paging services],
"SKYTEL"
[two-way paging
services],
"SKYTALK"
[full-featured
voice-mail
services],
"SKYMAIL"
[paging services]
et al; a family of
"SKY"-prefix
marks
[paging and
messaging
services, etc.]
Mark and Citable as
Goods Cited by Precedent
Examining Atty. of TTAB
No
"SUBURBAN CAPS" No
[motor vehicles,
namely, trucks, engines
thereof and structural
parts therefor]
No
No
(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION