United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 03 September 2002

Date            Type of         Proceeding
Issued          Case (1)        or App'n No.            Party/Parties

7-25            EX              75/614,036              Vans, Inc.


                                Opposer's/              Applicant's/
                                Petitioner's            Respondent's
                TTAB            Mark and                Mark and
Issue           Decision        Goods/Services          Goods/Services

2(d)            Refusal                                 "TRIPLE CROWN"
                Affirmed                                [entertainment
                                                        services in the
                                                        nature of exhibi-
                                                        tions of skate-
                                                        boarding, surfing,
                                                        snowboarding,
                                                        wakeboarding, BMX,
                                                        motorcross, and
                                                        street luge; and
                                                        arranging and
                                                        conducting ath-
                                                        letic competitions
                                                        in the above
                                                        sports]


Mark and                                        Citable as
Goods Cited by                                  Precedent
Examining Atty.                                 of TTAB

3 cited registrations:                          No
"TRIPLE CROWN"
[entertainment
services, namely,
organizing and
conducting slow pitch
softball tournaments];
"TRIPLE CROWN"
[entertainment
services, namely,
organizing and
conducting soccer
tournaments];
"TRIPLE CROWN"
[organizing and
promoting state and
national street
hockey festivals,
3-on-3 basketball
tournaments,
volleyball
tournaments, baseball
tournaments, college
women's pre-season
national invitational
basketball
tournaments, soccer
tournaments, and fast
pitch softball
tournaments]


(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