United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 23 May 2006

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

4-20            EX              76311395                Encompass
                                                        Group, LLC

4-20            EX              78212695                Welding, Cutting,
                                                        Tools &
                                                        Accessories, LLC

4-20            EX              76475934                Flanders
                                                        Corporation


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

2(e)(1)         Refusal                                 "SILK EASE"
[deceptively    Affirmed                                [health care
mis-            on both                                 apparel worn
descriptive];   grounds                                 by professional
2(a)                                                    medical personnel,
[deceptive]                                             namely, scrub
                                                        suits and
                                                        examination gowns]

genericness     Refusal                                 "WELDING, CUTTING,
[whether        Affirmed                                TOOLS &
the mark                                                ACCESSORIES"
applicant                                               [retail stores,
seeks to                                                on-line retail
register is                                             stores and mail
capable of                                              order catalog
registration                                            services all in
on the                                                  the field of
Supplemental                                            welding equipment]
Register]

2(e)(2);        Refusal                                 "SWISSAIRE"
whether         Affirmed,                               [air filters
the mark        but only                                for industrial
shown on        on the                                  installations]
applicant's     2(e)(2)
specimens       ground
of use is
materially
different
from the
mark it
seeks to
register


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

                                                No

                                                No

                                                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