ESPN, Inc. v. Kurt Luttermoser OPP 91158096
USPTO Document:
Date Issued:
2006-07-07
Type:
OPP
Issue:
2(d); 2(a) (false suggestion of a connection); and 2(f), 43(c) (dilution)
Number:
91158096
Party:
ESPN, Inc. v. Kurt Luttermoser
Decision:
Opposition Dismissed
Panel:
Hairston* Bucher Zervas
Opposer's or Petitioner's Mark and Goods or Services:
"X GAMES" and "X GAMES" and design [both registrations for organizing and conducting competitions featuring a wide variety of sports; an ongoing television series featuring a wide variety of sports events]; "X GAMES" and "X GAMES" and design [both registrations for a wide variety of clothing items; and "X GAMES" [computer game and video game software]
Applicant's or Respondent's Mark and Goods or Services:
"A GAMES" [entertainment services in the nature of a live sporting event featuring aggressive in-line skating, skateboarding, sky-diving, motor cross racing, barefoot water skiing, wakeboarding, wave runner racing and mountain biking]
Citable as Precedent of TTAB:
No