United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 11 February 2003

  Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

                              January 6-10, 2003



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

1-7             EX              76/314,289              Atico Int'l.
(clarifying                                             USA Inc.
decision
issued
12-30-02)

1-7             EX              75/795,407              F. Merrill
                                                        Matlovich


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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "SHORELINE"
                Affirmed                                [sunglasses
                as to                                   (in Cl. 9);
                applicant's                             footwear, namely,
                footwear                                flip-flops and
                in Cl. 25,                              aqua shoes
                but only as                             (in Cl. 25)]
                to cited
                registration
                of
                "SHORE-LINE"
                and design
                for t-shirts;
                Refusal
                Reversed
                as to
                applicant's
                sunglasses,
                in Cl. 9

2(e)(1)         Refusal                                 "DOTSEX"
                Affirmed                                [promoting
                                                        the goods and
                                                        services of others
                                                        in the fields of
                                                        soft-core and
                                                        hard-core
                                                        pornographic
                                                        photography by
                                                        providing a Web
                                                        site at which
                                                        member can link to
                                                        the Web sites of
                                                        others]


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

4 cited                                         No
registrations, the
first two owned by
the same entity:
"SHORELINE"
[apparel, namely,
rainwear];
"SHORELINE" (and
design) [t-shirts];
"SHORELINE
BOARD SHOP" (and
design) [retail store
services in the field of
sporting equipment];
"SHORELINE"
[binoculars and parts
therefor]

                                                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