United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 08 May 2007

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

                            April 2-6, 2007



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

4-3             OPP             91160694                The Mentholatum
                                                        Company v. Skin
                                                        Products, Inc.

4-4             EX              76578579                Association
                                                        of the United
                                                        States Army


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

2(d)            Opposition      "OXY"                   "OXYCEUTICALS"
                Sustained       (and other marks        [non-medicated
                                incorporating           acne treatment
                                the term "OXY")         creams and lotions]
                                [acne medication]

2(d)            Refusal         3 cited                 "ASSOCIATION OF
                Affirmed        registrations,          THE UNITED STATES
                as to all       all owned by the        ARMY"
                three cited     same entity:            (and design)
                registrations   "U.S. ARMY"             [association
                                (and design)            services, namely,
                                [employment             promoting the
                                services, namely,       interests of
                                personnel placement     active members of
                                services,               the U.S. Army,
                                employment agency       National Guard,
                                services, employ-       reservists,
                                ment counseling         civilians,
                                and recruiting          retirees and
                                services, and           family members]
                                other services];
                                "U.S. ARMY
                                RESERVE"
                                (and design)
                                [same services as
                                in registration,
                                above];
                                "U.S. ARMY"
                                (and design)
                                [downloadable
                                educational
                                software for
                                teaching users
                                about the armed
                                forces, career
                                education, and
                                military tactics
                                and strategies]


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

                                                No

                                                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