United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 02 September 2003
Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
July 28 - August 1, 2003
Date Type of Proceeding
Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties
7-28 EX 75/660,891 A.D. 1619 Company
7-28 EX 76/313,168 Toyo Tire &
Rubber Co., Ltd.
7-30 EX 75/752,783 Sedaka
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
whether the Refusal design of the
matter Affirmed entry way of a
applicant in both building [Cl. 36
seeks to classes on services: real
register both estate agency
functions as grounds of services, leasing
a service refusal office space to
mark for its tenants, manage-
recited ment of real
services; estate, real
whether estate investment,
applicant's and real estate
specimens brokerage
show service services; Cl. 41
mark use of services: enter-
its claimed tainment services,
mark namely, provision
of background,
backdrops, and
visual settings
for motion
pictures,
television broad-
casts, and video
and sound
recordings]
2(d) Refusal "NITTO TERRA
Affirmed GRAPPLER"
[tires and
inner tubes for
vehicles]
whether Refusal "SEDAKA"
the term Affirmed [prerecorded
applicant music, namely, a
seeks to series of musical
register sound recordings]
functions as
a mark for
applicant's
goods
Mark and Citable as
Goods Cited by Precedent
Examining Atty. of TTAB
No
"GRAPPLER" No
[vehicle tires]
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