United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 21 December 2004

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

                          November 15-19, 2004

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

11-15           EX              76194428                Alfa Mfg.
                                                        Industries, Inc.

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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "ALFA TOOLS
                Affirmed                                MEGACUT"
                as to all                               (in stylized
                three cited                             form)
                registrations                           [abrasive
                                                        cutting and
                                                        grinding wheels,
                                                        diamond cutting
                                                        blades and
                                                        diamond core
                                                        bits]

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

3 cited                                         No
registrations,
the first two
owned by the
same entity:
"ALPHA
PROFESSIONAL
TOOLS"
(and design)
[hand held tools
for grinding,
abrading,
polishing and
cutting ceramic
tile, marble,
granite, stone,
and masonry, and
accessories and
replacement
parts therefor,
namely, grinding,
abrading,
polishing and
cutting disks
and wheels];
"ALPHA"
[powered tools
for grinding,
abrading,
polishing and
cutting ceramic
tile, marble,
granite, stone,
and masonry, and
accessories and
replacement parts
therefor, namely,
grinding,
abrading,
polishing and
cutting disks
and wheels];
"ALPHA"
[power operated
machine tools,
namely, drills
for cutting metal
in industrial
applications]


(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