United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 01 March 2005

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

                          January 24-28, 2005



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

1-25            EX              78160932                Independent
                                                        Pharmaceutica AB

1-25            EX              76268678                Fusion UV
                                                        Systems, Inc.

1-25            OPP             91116378                Allied Domecq
                                                        Spirits & Wine
                                                        USA, Inc. v.
                                                        Lattis R. Richards

1-25            EX              78161583                Pamela Jean Bowman


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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "NICCIN"
                Affirmed                                [vaccines; and
                                                        anti-smoking
                                                        pharmaceutical
                                                        preparations in
                                                        the form of
                                                        tablets]

whether         Refusal                                 "INVISIBLE BUT
applicant's     Reversed                                EVERYWHERE"
specimens       as to                                   [in Class 40:
show use of     Class 40                                material treatment
its mark in     [Note:                                  services in the
connection      The same                                field of
with its        refusal with                            polymerizing
recited         respect to                              coatings, inks,
services in     the goods in                            powders, composite
Class 40        Class 42 was                            structures and
                withdrawn                               gels using
                prior to appeal]                        ultraviolet light]

2(d)            Opposition      "MALIBU"                "MALIBU ROCKS"
                Sustained       and "MALIBU"            [white chocolate
                                (and design)            covered walnuts
                                [both marks for         and pecans]
                                liqueur]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "DESERT ROSE"
                Affirmed                                [perfume, perfume
                                                        spray, cologne,
                                                        cologne spray,
                                                        toilet water,
                                                        hand cream, bath
                                                        soap, bath
                                                        crystals, body
                                                        lotion, body
                                                        powder, shower
                                                        gel, and hair
                                                        spray]


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

"NICOCIN"                                       No
[pharmaceutical
preparations,
namely, medications
for suppressing,
reducing, or
eliminating
smoking or the
urge to smoke]

                                                No

                                                No

"DESERT ROSE"                                   No
[depilatory wax]


(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