United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 01 April 2003

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

                             February 24-28, 2003



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

2-24            EX              76/095,756              Ardisam, Inc.

2-24            EX              76/137,363              A. Schulman, Inc.


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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "BIG FOOT"
                Affirmed                                [deer hunting
                                                        equipment, namely,
                                                        deer hunter's
                                                        stands, portable
                                                        tree stands, back
                                                        rests, arm pads,
                                                        foot rests,
                                                        adjustable seat
                                                        and platform,
                                                        combined seat and
                                                        foot rest,
                                                        non-motorized deer
                                                        carts, combined
                                                        non-motorized deer
                                                        cart and ladder
                                                        stand, ladder
                                                        shooting rails and
                                                        tree climbing
                                                        sticks]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "INVISION"
                Reversed                                [dry solid plastic
                                                        materials in bulk
                                                        powder, pellet,
                                                        granule and bead
                                                        form for use in
                                                        further processing
                                                        by the plastics
                                                        manufacturing
                                                        industry]


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

"BIG FOOT"
[wild-fowl decoys]                              No

"ENVISION"                                      No
[plastic
foam laminates for
use in vibration
dampening, as surface
protection and as
cushioning material in
shipping and packaging]


(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