TTAB Decides "KUZ" Ownership Dispute: a Manufacture/Distributor Family Feud

At her Property, Intangible blog, Pam Chestek reports (here) on the Board's recent decision in de la Cruz Gonzalez v. The Youssef Mehanna and Susana de la Cruz Joint Venture, Cancellation No. 92048199 (April 22, 2011) [not precedential]. As Pam says, "it's a two-fer on the trademark ownership issue - a manufacturer-distributor dispute AND a family tiff," involving a petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark KUZ for "hair care preparations, namely shampoos, conditioners and hair dyeing preparations."