Date Type of Proceeding
Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties
6-29 EX 75/459,796 Gear Int'l.
EX 75/459,797 Trading Co.
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
genericness; Refusal "GEAR"
inherent Affirmed (and background
distinctive- (in both design)
ness of cases) [sporting goods
background for ice hockey and
design for roller hockey,
applicant's namely, skates,
mark; protective pads
acquired for shoulders and
distinctive- elbows, hard shell
ness of gloves for hockey,
applicant's goal keeper pads,
mark under blocker mittens,
Section 2(f) pucks, sticks,
balls, and hockey
skate blades;
clothing primarily
for roller hockey
and ice hockey,
namely, pants and
hockey shell pants
worn about body
protective pieces,
and jerseys,
shirts, and boots]
Mark and Citable as
Goods Cited by Precedent
Examining Atty. of TTAB
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