United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 08 August 2006

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

                                July 3-7, 2006



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

7-5             EX              76577255                Avraham Kadar

7-5             OPP             91101367                Brothers Research
                (SJ)                                    Corporation v.
                                                        Dura Lube, LLC
                                                        (by mesne
                                                        assignments from
                                                        original applicant
                                                        Howe Laboratories,
                                                        Inc.)


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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "FWD"
[only as        Affirmed                                [providing
to one                                                  information about
of three                                                trends in fashion]
classes]

2(d)            Opposition      "DURAGLOSS"             "DURA SHINE"
[collateral     Sustained       (two registrations)     [car polish]
estoppel]                       [vehicle polishes
                                and waxes]
                                [various cleaners,
                                polishes and
                                conditioners and
                                care kits for
                                vehicles and
                                vehicle parts;
                                all-purpose
                                cleaning prepara-
                                tions; marine
                                polishes and
                                cleaners] and
                                "DURAGLOSS"
                                and design
                                [virtually the
                                same identification
                                as second, above]


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

"FWD" and design                                No
[design and
development of new
products for others,
namely, products used
in advertising and
marketing and clothing
and footwear products]

                                                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