Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
July 2-6, 2001
Date Type of Proceeding
Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties
7-3 EX 75/121,820 Talking Car,
Inc.
7-3 EX 75/803,266 William Aichast
EX 75/803,693
7-3 EX 75/431,354 East Penn
Mfg. Co., Inc.
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
2(e)(1) Refusal "TALKING CAR"
Reversed [information
services, namely,
providing encoded
data pertaining to
cars to automobile
dealers]
2(e)(3) Refusal "SANTA FE
Affirmed SPEEDWAY"
[license plate
holders;
calendars and
bumper stickers]
2(d) Refusal "LYNX"
Affirmed [spark plug wire
sets; hand-
operated battery
post and terminal
cleaner tools in
the nature of
rotatable metal
brushes which are
engaged with the
posts and
terminals and
hand-operated
battery lifters;
storage batteries,
electric battery
cables, emergency
jumper cables,
antifreeze
testers, battery
terminals and
battery holddown
straps for
vehicles]
Mark and Citable as
Goods Cited by Precedent
Examining Atty. of TTAB
No
No
"LYNX" No
[automobiles
and structural parts
thereof]
(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