United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 23 March 2004

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

                             February 16-20, 2004



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

2-18            EX              76223479                Atmel Corp.
                EX              76223480

2-18            EX              75461632                Maria Fatima Rizzo

2-18            OPP             91116333                EuRex
                                                        International,
                                                        Inc. v. Pepin
                                                        Mfg., Inc.


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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "IPITEC" and
                Affirmed                                "IPITEC"
                in both                                 (in design format)
                cases                                   [both marks for
                                                        integrated circuit
                                                        chips, namely,
                                                        digital signal
                                                        processors, and
                                                        computer software,
                                                        namely, compilers,
                                                        debuggers,
                                                        simulators, and
                                                        assembler
                                                        optimizers to
                                                        support digital
                                                        signal processor
                                                        operations]

whether         Refusal                                 "SEPIA"
applicant's     Affirmed                                (in stylized
mark is                                                 lettering)
capable of                                              [cosmetics,
registration                                            namely,
on the                                                  foundation,
Supplemental                                            powder, blush,
Register                                                eye shadow,
                                                        eyeliner, mascara,
                                                        lipstick, lip
                                                        liner, and lip
                                                        gloss]

2(d)            Opposition      "HAIRBUSTER"            "HAIR BUSTER"
                Dismissed       [pet shedding comb      [adhesive rollers
                                and grooming            for removing lint,
                                device]                 hair, and other
                                                        foreign particles
                                                        from clothing,
                                                        furniture and
                                                        upholstery]


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

"IPITEK"                                        No
[fiber-optic data
links, sensors, and
transmission apparatus]

                                                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