United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 06 February 2007

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

1-5             EX              78380659                Merillat Industries,
                                                        LLC

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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "KNOLL RIDGE"
                Affirmed                                [kitchen and bath
                as to all                               cabinets]
                5 cited
                registrations

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

5 cited                                         No
registrations,
all owned by the
same entity:
"KNOLL"
(in stylized
lettering)
[furniture,
namely, tables,
desks, seats,
chairs, stools,
couches, sofas,
beds, chests,
cabinets, and
trays];
"KNOLL
INTERNATIONAL"
[all the above
goods except
beds];
"KNOLL STUDIO"
[all the above
goods except
trays, but also
credenzas];
"KNOLL"
[systems
furniture,
namely, desks,
filing cabinets,
free standing
wall panels and
desks, chairs,
tables, and
leather furniture];
"KNOLL EXTRA"
[office
furnishings,
namely,
desk-mounted
shelves]

(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