United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 16 January 2007

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

12-11           EX              76570321                The Outdoor
                                                        Recreation Group


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

genericness;    Refusal                                 "OUTDOOR PRODUCTS"
whether, if     Affirmed                                [in Class 18:
not generic,    as to both                              duffle bags,
applicant's     classes, on                             backpacks, tote
mark is         both grounds                            bags, soft packs
registrable     asserted                                comprising
under                                                   backpacks or
Section 2(f)                                            hikers' bags
                                                        constructed of soft
                                                        material which
                                                        packs do not have a
                                                        rigid frame for
                                                        supporting the bag,
                                                        adjustable belly
                                                        bands used for
                                                        backpacks, shoulder
                                                        pad straps and
                                                        accessory bands and
                                                        straps sold
                                                        separately from the
                                                        bags heretofore
                                                        mentioned, fanny
                                                        packs, shoulder
                                                        bags and belt
                                                        pouches; in Class
                                                        25: clothing,
                                                        namely, down
                                                        booties, ponchos,
                                                        gaiters which are
                                                        protective, covers
                                                        for footwear,
                                                        chaps, parkas,
                                                        pants, jackets, and
                                                        rain suits]


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

                                                Yes


(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