United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 19 August 2003

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

                               July 14-18, 2003



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

7-14            EX              76/175,910              National
                                                        Automotive Parts
                                                        Association

7-16            EX              75/729,782              Creaholic S.A.


                                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                                   for business
                both cited                              management
                registrations                           supervision in
                                                        the administration
                                                        of warranties made
                                                        by independent
                                                        dealers in the
                                                        field of motorized
                                                        vehicle repair

2(e)(1);        Refusal                                 WOODWELDING for
2(d)            affirmed                                building lumber;
                as to both                              portable and pre-
                grounds,                                fabricated non-
                but the                                 metal buildings;
                2(d)                                    formed, pressed
                refusal                                 and partially
                affirmed                                pressed wood in
                only as to                              Cl 19;
                Cl 40                                   construction
                and 42,                                 planning in Cl 37;
                reversed                                cutting wood to
                as to                                   the specification
                Cl 19                                   of others; provid-
                and 37                                  ing information on
                                                        the processing of
                                                        wood and metal in
                                                        Cl 40; consulta-
                                                        tion on the
                                                        processing of wood
                                                        and metal; product
                                                        development;
                                                        engineering;
                                                        computer consulta-
                                                        tion; research in
                                                        the field of
                                                        mechanical
                                                        engineering;
                                                        material testing;
                                                        leasing of
                                                        computer software,
                                                        all in various
                                                        fields, in Cl 42


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

PEACE OF MIND                                   No
STANDARD EQUIPMENT
and designs for vehicle
repair and maintenance
services; automobile,
van and truck leasing
services; automobile
dealership services
(both registrations
owned by the same entity)

WOODWELD for                                    No
synthetic resins used
in the manufacture of
pressed wood products


(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