United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 24 August 2005

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

                             July 18-July 22, 2005



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

7-18            OPP             91154354                L.C. Licensing,
                                                        Inc. and Liz
                                                        Claiborne, Inc.
                                                        v. CMR Industria e
                                                        Comercia Ltda.

7-18            EX              76269526                Viking Lifesaving
                                                        Equipment A/S


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

2(d)            Opposition      "LIZWEAR,"              "LIZ"
                Sustained       "LIZ SPORT,"            stylized
                                and                     [pantyhose,
                                "LIZGOLF"               lingerie, blouses
                                (all in standard        and tops]
                                form and with
                                designs),
                                "LIZ & CO.,"
                                "LIZWOOL,"
                                and
                                "LIZFLEX"
                                [various clothing
                                items, hats,
                                various footwear
                                items, and
                                handbags]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "VIKING LIFE-
                Affirmed                                SAVING EQUIPMENT"
                                                        and design
                                                        [life saving
                                                        rafts and boats;
                                                        lifejackets; life
                                                        buoys; fire
                                                        fighting suits;
                                                        warning lights,
                                                        flares and signal
                                                        whistles; radar
                                                        reflectors;
                                                        boxes and covers
                                                        for some of these
                                                        items; installation
                                                        and maintenance of
                                                        safety and
                                                        life-saving
                                                        equipment;
                                                        training and
                                                        classes and
                                                        seminars in use
                                                        of safety and
                                                        life-safety
                                                        equipment]


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

                                                No

Three "VIKING"                                  No
and design marks,
each lined for
red and blue
[protective
clothing, namely
suits for
protection against
chemicals and
gases; protective
shoes and boots;
fire fighting
boots for
protection against
accidents,
irradiation and
fires]

(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