United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 18 May 2004
Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
April 12-16, 2004
Date Type of Proceeding
Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties
4-13 EX 76210800 General Hospital
Supply Corp.
4-13 EX 75571172 Life Enhancement
Technologies, Inc.
4-13 EX 76274519 J. Russell Phelps
4-13 OPP 91158477 Paradyme Alloys,
(SJ) LLC v. General
Motors Corp.
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
2(e)(1) Refusal "SUPER ABSORBENT"
Affirmed [plastic lining,
separating and
dividing materials
for use during
sterilization of
medical and
surgical
implements]
2(d) Refusal "ISOWEAR"
Affirmed [garments with
heat exchangers
through which a
fluid is circu-
lated to warm or
cool the body,
namely, shirts,
pants, vests,
jackets, and caps]
whether Refusal "GRR"
the matter Affirmed [jewelry]
applicant
seeks to
register
functions as
a trademark
or only as
product
ornamentation
whether Opposition "PARADYME" "PARADIGM"
opposer Dismissed [motor vehicle [motor, land
owns the (applicant's wheels and vehicle propulsion
mark motion structural parts systems, namely,
asserted as for therefore, name- drive trains, and
the basis for summary ly, rims, hubs, structural parts
its Section judgment covers, wheel therefor]
2(d) granted) bearings, and
opposition metal fasteners
therefore]
Mark and Citable as
Goods Cited by Precedent
Examining Atty. of TTAB
No
"ISOSPORT" No
[slippers, hats,
gloves, and scarves]
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