United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 13 May 2003

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

4-10            EX              76/175,910              National
                                                        Automotive Parts
                                                        Assn.

4-10            EX              75/748,010              7-Eleven, Inc.


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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "NAPA AUTOCARE
                Affirmed                                `PEACE OF MIND'"
                as to                                   [business manage-
                both cited                              ment supervision
                registrations                           in the administra-
                                                        tion of warranties
                                                        made by
                                                        independent
                                                        dealers in the
                                                        field of motorized
                                                        vehicle repair]

Section 6       Refusal                                 "SUPER SLURPEE
disclaimer      Affirmed                                STRATA"
requirement                                             [semi-frozen
(of the                                                 soft drinks]
word SUPER)


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

2 cited registrations,                          No
both owned by the
same entity:
"PEACE OF MIND
STANDARD
EQUIPMENT"
(in stylized lettering
displayed within a
rectangle) and
"PEACE OF MIND
STANDARD
EQUIPMENT"
(and design)
[both marks for
vehicle repair and
maintenance services
performed at
applicant's automobile
dealership; automobile,
van and truck leasing
services; automobile
dealership services]

                                                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