United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 01 July 2003
Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board May 26-30, 2003 Date Type of Proceeding Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties 5-27 OPP 91119790 Time Warner Entertainment Co. (SJ) L.P. v. Steinbeck Brewing Co., Inc. 5-28 EX 75/678,255 GoTo.com, Inc. (RV) Opposer's/ Applicant's/ Petitioner's Respondent's TTAB Mark and Mark and Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services ownership; Opposition "TASMANIAN DEVIL Section 2(a) Sustained GOOD FOR DRINKIN' [deception]; (opposer's 'N DOG BITES" 2(e)(2) or motion for [beer and ale] 2(e)(3) summary [geographic judgment descriptive- granted) ness or [on misdescrip- ownership tiveness]; ground fraud only] 2(e)(1) Request to "PAY-FOR- Vacate PERFORMANCE Board's ADVERTISING" 2-26-03 [providing Decision information Granted directory services (in view of for a wide variety express of topics and abandonment of referrals to web application sites that provide filed a wide variety of prior to information, issuance of products and Board's services; decision) electronic trans- mission of data via a global computer communi- cations network; providing multiple user access to a global computer communications network for information and data; electronic navigation services, namely, providing search engine services for obtaining data on a global computer communi- cations network] Mark and Citable as Goods Cited by Precedent Examining Atty. of TTAB No 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