Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
November 13-17 2000
Date Type of Proceeding
Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties
11-14 CANC 24,639 Symetrix, Inc. v.
Lucid Corp.
11-14 OPP 106,611 SkyTel Corp. v.
(R) Vehicle Access
Corp., Inc.
11-14 EX 75/402,227 Strategic
Marketing
Partners, Inc.
11-14 EX 75/329,304 Regal Discount
Securities, Inc.
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
abandonment; Petition to "LUCID"
whether Cancel Denied [computer
petitioner programs]
proved its
standing
2(d) Request for "SKYTEL, SKYTALK, "SKYLOCK"
Reconsidera- SKYPAGER, SKYNEWS, [vehicle
tion Denied SKYMAIL" anti-theft systems
(Opposition (a family of various comprising cellular
Sustained) SKY-prefix marks) telephones, pagers,
[paging and messaging two-way pagers,
services, providing and satellite
news, financial and signal processors]
other information to
paging service
subscribers, paging
and messaging
receivers, and
computer software
for the wireless
sending and receiving
of data via radio
waves]
2(d) Refusal "SMP"
Affirmed [market research
and business
marketing
consultation in the
pharmaceutical and
biotechnology
fields]
2(e)(1) Refusal "E-OPTION"
Reversed [stock brokerage
services in
securites,
including the
buying and selling
of stocks, options
and mutual funds]
Mark and Citable as
Goods Cited by Precedent
Examining Atty. of TTAB
No
No
"SMP ADVERTISING" No
[advertising agency
services]
No
(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