United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 06 July 2004

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

6-1             OPP             91121868                El Encanto, Inc.
                OPP             91122414                v. Taco Bueno
                                                        Restaurants, Inc.

6-1             EX              76152209                Splendor
                                                        Productions, Inc.


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

2(d)            Opposition      "BUENO"                 "BUENO"
                Dismissed       (and design)            (and design)
                in both         [dehydrated sweet       and
                cases           corn, cooked corn,      "BUENO"
                                peppers, processed      (and a design
                                green and red           incorporating a
                                chile, shrimp,          fanciful arrange-
                                minced onions,          ment of the
                                brown sugar,            letters of the
                                spices];                word "taco")
                                "FROM OUR               [both marks
                                FAMILY TO YOURS         for restaurant
                                BUENO SINCE 1951"       services]
                                (and design)
                                [distributorships
                                in the field of
                                pre-packaged
                                foods]; and other
                                marks consisting
                                of or incorpora-
                                ting the word
                                "BUENO" for a
                                variety of food
                                products and
                                related services

2(d)            Refusal                                 "THE MUSIC
                Affirmed                                OF LIFE"
                as to                                   (and design)
                both cited                              [prerecorded
                registrations                           musical products,
                                                        namely, CDs and
                                                        videotapes
                                                        featuring music]


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

                                                No

2 cited registrations,                          No
both owned by the
same entity:
"THE MUSIC OF YOUR LIFE"
[prerecorded phonograph
records and magnetic tapes]
and "MUSIC OF YOUR LIFE"
[entertainment services
rendered by an orchestra]


(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