Date Type of Proceeding
Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties
11-14 EX 75/035,717 Music City
Marketing, Inc.
11-14 EX 75/419,344 Thomaston
EX 75/419,512 Mills, Inc.
EX 75/419,515
11-15 EX 75/446,093 Eagle & Taylor Co.
11-15 EX 75/426,148 Donlar Corp.
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
de jure Refusal cigarette-shaped
functionality Reversed product
configuration
[smoking pipes]
2(d) Refusal "THOMASTON MILLS
Reversed BED-IN-A-BAG,"
(in all three "THOMASTON
cases) BED-IN-A-BAG,"
and
"THOMASTON MILLS
BED IN A BAG"
[all three marks
for bed sheets,
pillowcases, bed
ruffles, pillow
shams and
comforters]
2(d) Refusal "BOSTONIAN"
Affirmed [decorative glass
panels for
residential steel
doors]
2(d) Refusal "MAGNET"
Reversed [agricultural
products, namely,
a fertilizer
enhancer for
fruits and
vegetables]
Mark and Citable as
Goods Cited by Precedent
Examining Atty. of TTAB
No
"BED IN A BAG" No
(and design incorporating
other wording) and
"BED IN A BAG"
(and design incorporating the
graphic representation of a bed)
[both marks for bedding, namely,
comforters, bed skirts, shams,
sheets and pillowcases];
"BED IN A BAG"
[bedding products, namely, sheets,
pillowcases, comforters, pillow
shams and bedskirts, not actual
beds]
"BOSTONIAN" No
[wooden interior and exterior
doors and door skins of molded
wood fiber material]
"MAGNEX" No
[combination greening ingredient
incorporated in a fertilizer]
(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