United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 01 June 2004

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

4-28            EX              76021045                Titan
                                                        International,
                                                        Inc.

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

2(d);           Refusal                                 "CONTRACTOR FWD"
Section         Affirmed                                [tires, namely,
6 disclaimer    but only                                tires for vehicles
requirement     under 2(d)                              used in the
of term FWD     on basis of                             construction,
                registered                              earthmoving, and
                mark                                    mining industries]
                CON-TRAK-TOR


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

"CON-TRAK-TOR"                                  No
(in stylized form)
[rubber tires for
vehicles] and 3 other
registered marks, all
owned by the same entity:
"FWD"
[trucks, fire engines,
truck-trailers, trailers,
and custom-made vehicles,
and parts thereof];
"FWD"
(and background design)
[trucks, truck trailers,
and custom-made land and
amphibious vehicles];
and
"FWD"
(in stylized letters)
[motor-driven trucks]


(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