Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
February 7 - February 11, 2000
Date Type of Proceeding
Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties
2-7 EX 75/240,152 Carolina Apparel
Trading
2-7 EX 75/229,462 Vista Hospice
Care, Inc.
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
2(d) Refusal "CAT NAP"
Affirmed [children's
sleeping pallets]
2(d) Refusal "VISTA CARE - LIVE
Affirmed ALL THE DAYS OF
YOUR LIFE"
(and "heart/hands"
design)
[hospice services,
namely, providing
health care and
counseling
services for
terminally ill
patients and their
families]
Mark and Citable as
Goods Cited by Precedent
Examining Atty. of TTAB
"CATNAPPER" No
[reclining chairs];
et al.
"heart/hands" design No
[underwriting and
administrative services,
on a prepayment basis,
relating to emergency
medical care; prepaid
financing and
administration of
medical care,
pharmaceutical care
and related health care
services; health care
services in the nature of
an HMO and a preferred
provider organization; a
collective membership
mark for an
organization of persons
and medical providers
interested in health
maintenance, preferred
provider
organizations,
preventive medicine,
prepaid medical plans,
reduced health costs,
and programs on
fitness, prenatal care,
substance abuse and
other health-related
topics]
(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION; (MD)=MOTION
TO DISMISS; (MR)=MOTION TO REOPEN