United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 05 April 2005

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

                          February 28 - March 4, 2005



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

2-28            EX              76112441                Eddie Z's Blinds
                                                        and Drapery, Inc.

3-1             EX              76526403                Leslie A. Snyder


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

genericness     Refusal                                 "BLINDSANDDRAPERY.-
                Affirmed                                COM"
                                                        [wholesale distrib-
                                                        utorship featuring
                                                        blinds, draperies,
                                                        and other wall
                                                        coverings; retail
                                                        store outlets
                                                        featuring blinds,
                                                        draperies and other
                                                        wall coverings;
                                                        retail store
                                                        services featuring
                                                        blinds, draperies
                                                        and other wall
                                                        coverings via a
                                                        global computer
                                                        network]

Section 6       Refusal                                 "WHEELCHAIRGEAR"
disclaimer      Affirmed                                (and design)
requirement                                             [all purpose
(of WHEEL-                                              carrying bags,
CHAIR-GEAR)                                             pouches, totes,
                                                        and packs for use
                                                        with wheelchairs,
                                                        walkers, crutches
                                                        and other
                                                        ambulatory aids]


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

                                                Yes

                                                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