In the last week (1/10 – 1/15), the TTAB issued several final decisions and ruled on numerous motions.* Here is the activity of note from the TTAB in the last week.
| Proceeding Number | Date | TTAB Action (click link to open PDF from TTABvue) | Notes |
| 75463414 | 1/12/2012 | BOARD`S DECISION: AFFIRMED | six 2(d) refusal affirmed – some of the applications were filed in 1998! |
| 77360365 | 1/12/2012 | BOARD`S DECISION: AFFIRMED | 2(d) refusal affirmed |
| 77464726 | 1/12/2012 | BOARD`S DECISION: AFFIRMED | refusal of Johnson & Johnson applicationn for MICRO-GROOVES (for dental floss) as merely descriptive affirmed |
| 77606502 | 1/10/2012 | BOARD`S DECISION: AFFIRMED | 2(d) refusal affirmed |
| 77853437 | 1/10/2012 | BOARD`S DECISION: AFFIRMED | PURA VIDA (tequila) refusal under 2(d) with PURA VIDA (beer) affirmed; Applicant submission of webpage evidence during appeal denied |
| 85016667 | 1/13/2012 | BOARD`S DECISION: AFFIRMED | 2(d) refusal affirmed |
| 92050665 | 1/9/2012 | APPEAL TO CAFC | Appeal of Board decision cancelling BLACK BEAR SPRING WATER LLC based on priority and likelihod of confusion with BLACK BEAR SODA |
| 76315793 | 1/10/2012 | APPEAL TO CAFC | Appeal of Ex Parte refusal to register COCK SUCKER & Design under Sect. 2(a) |
| 92047058 | 1/12/2012 | TRIAL DATES RESET | Pro se petitioner’s reasons for not filing trial brief failed to establish excusable neglect; Plaintiff cannot submit its main brief |
| 91151254 | 1/13/2012 | TRIAL DATES RESET | Opposer’s motion for 60 day extension of rebuttal testimony period denied (Opposition began in 2002) |
| 91200934 | 1/13/2012 | TRIAL DATES RESET | Opposer’s motion for default judgment denied |
| 91173468 | 1/10/2012 | BOARD`S DECISION: DISMISSED | opposition dismissed on the ground of likelihood of confusion and on the ground of dilution |
| 92051304 | 1/12/2012 | BOARD`S DECISION: DISMISSED W/ PREJUDICE | Petition to Cancel SWEDISH FIRESTEEL on grounds of geographically deceptively misdescriptive denied upon finding that registrant’s goods originate in Sweden |
| 91196379 | 1/10/2012 | D`S MOTION TO DISMISS DENIED; TRIAL DATES RESET | applicant’s motion to dismiss for failure to prosecute is denied |
| 91198922 | 1/12/2012 | D`S MOTIONS FOR RULE 56(D) DISCOVERY AND TO STRIKE GRANTED | Applicant’s Rule 56(d) motion granted in part |
| 91199131 | 1/13/2012 | MOTION TO REOPEN DISCOVERY PERIOD; DENIED | Applicant’s motion to reopen the discovery period denied |
| 92053509 | 1/11/2012 | P`S MOTION TO COMPEL GRANTED, IN PART, DENIED, IN PART; TRIAL DATES RESET | Petitioner’s Motion to Compel granted in part |
| 91193987 | 1/10/2012 | P`S MTN TO AMEND DENIED; P`S MTN TO SUSPEND DENIED | opposer’s motion to amend notice of opposition denied as untimely |
| 91197762 | 1/10/2012 | PROCEEDINGS RESUMED | Opposer’s motion to strike four affirmative defenses granted as to one affirmative defense; denied as to the other three |
TTABulator 