TTAB Posts January 2008 Hearing Schedule

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has scheduled three hearings for the month of January, as listed below. The hearings will be held in the East Wing of the Madison Building. [The hearing schedule and other details regarding attendance may be found at the TTAB website (lower right-hand corner)]. Briefs and other papers for these cases may be found at TTABVUE via the links provided.


January 9, 2008 - 2 PM: In re Phillips Farms, LLC, Serial No. 78669171 [Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusal of the mark PETIT-PETITE for wine].

Petite Syrah
January 10, 2008 - 2 PM: Digi Int'l, Inc. v. Digipos Systems, Inc., Opposition No. 91163719 [Section 2(d) opposition to registration of the mark DIGIPOS for "computer hardware, peripheral equipment and software for use in controlling point-of-sale transactions, and managing point-of-sale information and all retail store management procedures," based up the registered mark DIGI and variations thereof for computer software and hardware].

January 30, 2008 - 10 AM: In re RIC Investments, LLC, Serial No. 78651809[Section 2(d) refusal of the mark SOOTHIE for baby bottles, baby bottle nipples, teething rings, and baby bottle brushes, in view of the registered mark SOOTHIES for glycerin pad to ease nipple pain during breast feeding.]

Text Copyright John L. Welch 2008.