Angel Computer Network Services, Inc.

Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

Jan 25, 2013

No. 77438719 (T.T.A.B. Jan. 25, 2013)

THIS OPINION IS NOT A
PRECEDENT OF THE TTAB

Mailed: January 25, 2013

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
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In re Angel Computer Network Services, Inc.
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Serial No. 77438719
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Thomas L. Adams of Adams Law Office
for Angel Computer Network Services, Inc.

Michelle E. Dubois, Trademark Examining Attorney, Law Office 107,
J. Leslie Bishop, Managing Attorney.
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Before Bucher, Grendel and Holtzman,
Administrative Trademark Judges.

Opinion by Bucher, Administrative Trademark Judge:
Angel Computer Network Services, Inc., seeks registration on the Principal
Register of the following mark:

for services recited as

retail services by direct solicitation by sales representatives to
end users of computer hardware and software, including net-
work security products, in International Class 35;
installation of computer hardware and software, in Interna-
tional Class 37;
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training others to use computer hardware and software, in-
cluding network security products, in International Class 41;
and
design of computer systems, including network security prod-
ucts, using computer hardware and software designed by oth-
ers; and technical support services, namely, perfecting the in-
stallation of systems using computer hardware and software
designed by others by troubleshooting computer software prob-
lems arising from the joining of computer hardware and soft-
ware designed by others, including network security products
in International Class 42.1
The examining attorney issued a final refusal to register this designation based
upon Section 2(d) of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1052(d). The examining attor-
ney has taken the position that applicant’s mark, when used in connection with the
recited services, so resembles the following mark

registered for the following goods and services:

computer programs and software recorded on magnetic media
or that may be downloaded from global telecommunications
networks for creating, managing and administering networks
for electronic service and technical support and assistance, for

1 Application Serial No. 77438719 was filed on April 3, 2008, based on applicant’s claim of
first use in commerce for the various classes of services having dates ranging from Novem-
ber 1999 to March 2004. The mark consists of the letter “A” surrounded by a halo, with a
sunburst in the center. To the right of the letter “A” are the words “Angel Computer Net-
work Services, Inc.” with the words “Your Guiding Force in Voice and Data Technology” be-
low. Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark.
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providing electronic service and technical support and assis-
tance, to collect information about online users and to answer
questions from online users, to communicate and interact with
online users and to manage communications and interactions
with and questions from online users, to download, create,
publish and customize information and software relating to
electronic service and technical support and assistance, to au-
tomatically connect computer users with technical experts and
to repair technical problems with and deliver technical assis-
tance for computers and computer systems, to capture, collect,
organize and manage enterprise knowledge and information,
to automatically diagnose and detect computer technical prob-
lems, to identify and describe possible solutions and repair the
problem, in International Class 9;
repair and maintenance of computer hardware, electrical ap-
pliances, furniture, musical instruments and mechanical tools,
in International Class 37;
electronic message, images and data transmission, in Interna-
tional Class 38; and
consultation in the field of technology and product research;
consultation in the field of maintenance of computer software;
updating of computer software for others; computer software
design for others, in International Class 42;2
as to be likely to cause confusion, to cause mistake or to deceive.
After the examining attorney made the refusal final, applicant appealed to this
Board. Applicant and the examining attorney have briefed the issues in this appeal.
We reverse the refusal to register.
Arguments of applicant and the examining attorney
The examining attorney argues that the respective marks are highly similar
since both employ the word “Angel” as a dominant feature; that both registrant and
applicant recite services that involve the use and maintenance of computer sys-

2 Registration No. 3583507 issued on March 3, 2009. No claim is made to the exclusive
right to use the words “Online PC Support” apart from the mark as shown. Color is not
claimed as a feature of the mark.
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tems; that applicant’s assertions regarding the lack of actual confusion are large-
ly meaningless in this ex parte setting; and that any doubt regarding a likelihood
of confusion must be resolved in favor of the prior registrant.
By contrast, in urging registrability, applicant contends that: the respective
marks are different in appearance, they sound different, and create quite different
commercial impressions, and that that examining attorney has improperly dissected
the respective marks; that the term “Angel” is not as arbitrary for these services as
the Office argues; that the examining attorney has failed in the “daunting task of
trying to explain away the coexistence of 21 third-party registered ‘Angel’ marks in
the computer field,” resorting to arguments inconsistent with arguments made to
find a likelihood of confusion with the cited mark; by the very wording of the recita-
tions of services, the nature of the respective services are different and involve dif-
ferent trade channels; and that applicant is the senior party in the U.S., and after
twelve years of usage, has no knowledge of a single instance of actual confusion
with any competitor.
Likelihood of Confusion
We turn then to a consideration of the issue of likelihood of confusion. Our
determination of likelihood of confusion is based upon our analysis of all of the pro-
bative facts in evidence that are relevant to the factors bearing on this issue. See In
re E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 476 F.2d 1357, 177 USPQ 563 (CCPA 1973). See
also, In re Majestic Distilling Co., Inc., 315 F.3d 1311, 65 USPQ2d 1201 (Fed. Cir.
2003); and In re Dixie Restaurants Inc., 105 F.3d 1405, 41 USPQ2d 1531 (Fed. Cir.
1997). In any likelihood of confusion analysis, however, two key, although not exclu-
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sive, considerations are the similarities between the marks and the relationship be-
tween the goods and/or services. See Federated Foods, Inc. v. Fort Howard Paper
Co., 544 F.2d 1098, 192 USPQ 24 (CCPA 1976).
A. Relationship of the Services/Goods
We turn first to the du Pont factor focused on the relationship of the services
and goods involved herein. The examining attorney correctly points out that both
registrant and applicant recite services that involve the use and maintenance of
computer systems. However, applicant argues that the respective services are quite
different as reflected in the very wording of the recitations of services. Applicant
makes the following arguments in an attempt to differentiate the involved goods
and services:
Applicant:
• Applicant’s services involve selling computer/network appliances and ser-
vices supporting that sales service.
• Applicant’s supporting services include: (a) installing purchased equip-
ment; (b) training customers to use the goods purchased from appli-
cant; (c) designing systems that connect the products sold by applicant
to other products; and (d) troubleshooting problems arising from in-
stalling the products sold by applicant.
• Applicant does no online repair of PCs.
• Applicant is not involved in technology research or product re-
search.
• Applicant deals with specific manufacturers and learns about the
manufacturer’s products from the manufacturer, not by doing research
or consulting about research.
• Applicant’s sales services are not online, but rather are performed by “di-
rect solicitation by sales representatives.”
• Applicant’s “installation of computer hardware” is not and cannot be
performed online.

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Registrant:
• Registrant’s International Class 9 goods are basically online, help desk
software.
• Registrant’s International Class 38 services involve the sending of in-
formation electronically (related to online, help desk PC support soft-
ware).
• Registrant’s International Classes 37 and 42 services basically concern
fixing PCs, both their hardware and software.
• Although registrant’s International Class 42 services of “consultation
in the field of technology and product research” appears to be indefi-
nite, in the context of registrant’s International Class 9 identification
of goods and the cited mark’s tagline — “Permanent On-Line PC Sup-
port,” registrant appears to be researching and analyzing the perfor-
mance of a customer’s technical products and related technology.

In part, applicant would have us limit the broad language in one class of ser-
vices to comport with the narrowness of the goods or services in another class. For
example, applicant would have us limit registrant’s support services to being only
offered online and solely in reference to PCs. However, the recitation in the regis-
tration has not been limited in that manner. We agree with the examining attor-
ney that we have no basis in statute or practice to conclude that goods or services
in one class should limit the services recited in another class. Rather, we must
consider each class of registrant’s goods and services independently, giving each the
scope to which it is entitled under the statute. Under such an approach, certain of
the respective listings of goods and services pertaining to the use and maintenance
of computer systems seem inherently related.
For example, applicant’s International Class 35 “retail services ... to end us-
ers of computer hardware and software” must be construed broadly inasmuch as
they “include,” but are not limited to, network security products. Hence, they could
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also encompass the sale at retail of registrant’s types of International Class 9 com-
puter programs/software. Applicant’s Class 42 services, “design of computer sys-
tems,” must be read as similar to, if not overlapping with, registrant’s International
Class 42 “computer software design” services. Similarly, applicant’s International
Class 42 “technical support” services must be read as intertwined with registrant’s
International Class 9 “technical support” software.
Through third-party registrations and numerous third-party websites, the
examining attorney has provided evidence showing that applicant’s International
Class 41 training in the use of computer hardware and software (again not limited
to training in “network security products”) is related to, for example, registrant’s
International Class 9 “technical support and assistance” software. The websites of
computer repair or support services businesses demonstrate that many entities
that configure, design, install and troubleshoot a computer systems network (viz.,
applicant’s International Class 37 services) generally also perform other computer
services listed by registrant, such as maintenance and repair of computer hard-
ware (registrant’s relevant services in International Class 37), as well as the design
and updating of computer software, and technology consulting (registrant’s Inter-
national Class 42). Finally, applicant’s retail services and training services must
also be deemed related to registrant’s recited services inasmuch as computer repair
companies typically offer training for others in the use of computer hardware and
software. Finally, a logical precursor to the installation of computer hardware
and software is the sale of such goods. Hence, this du Pont factor favors a finding
of likelihood of confusion.
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B. Channels of trade
Applicant argues at length that, in reality, it sells/supports appliances, e.g.,
hardware with factory-installed software dedicated to a special purpose. It contends
that the involved products are made by prominent third-party manufacturers under
their own well-known brand names. Much of applicant’s business is referred by
these third-party manufacturers, who identify applicant as a distributor and as a
contractor that can design, install, support and provide training for the manufac-
turer's products. In many cases applicant’s sales representatives will visit prospec-
tive customers to promote the goods of these third-party manufacturers and to offer
applicant’s design, installation, support, and training services to the customer.
In this way, applicant argues that its services are inextricably bound up
with the appliances made by these manufacturers. The appliances sold by applicant
are accessories to a larger system. One can enhance an existing network by buying
through applicant a new firewall system, a caching device, load balancer, or storage
device, but applicant is not the overall designer of the client’s network. Applicant
points out that it relies on sales representatives to sell its appliances, and that as a re-
sult, its ancillary services (installing equipment, equipment training, designing and
troubleshooting installations) are quite different from customers merely subscribing
to an online PC support service. Finally, it argues that purchasing highly-expensive
equipment from applicant is a huge commitment of time and money, in contrast to
an online service that can be tried and then easily replaced or dropped. By contrast to
its own business model, applicant argues that registrant provides help desk services
for users of PCs, individuals who are making transitory, one-off purchases from
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registrant. Applicant argues that in today’s marketplace, PCs have become a rather
inexpensive commodity, and that PC-maintenance has become a relatively routine
and inexpensive transaction. Registrant allegedly promotes its services through
mass market ads, does not depend upon sales representatives, and interacts with in-
dividual consumers through on-line registration and the use of IDs and passwords.
While we understand the gist of applicant’s arguments, they are not deter-
minative on this du Pont factor. Under our likelihood of confusion jurisprudence,
given that we find the involved goods and services to be closely related, if we pre-
sume that the goods and services in the cited registration move in all normal channels
of trade and that they are available to all classes of purchasers, then we also find
that there could well be an overlap in the trade channels of the respective services.
See, e.g., In re Thor Tech, Inc., 90 USPQ2d 1634, 1638 (TTAB 2009) (“We have no au-
thority to read any restrictions or limitations into the registrant’s description of
goods.”); and In re Jump Designs, LLC, 80 USPQ2d 1370, 1374 (TTAB 2006).
Hence, this related du Pont factor likewise favors a finding of likelihood of confu-
sion.
C. Strength of cited mark
In addition to the cited “angelpc and wings design,” applicant points to at
least fourteen third-party registrations in the field of information technology (IT)
where the marks feature prominently the term “Angel”:
ANGEL for, inter alia, “ … technical support services, namely,
troubleshooting of learning management computer hard-
ware and software problems; computer consultation con-
cerning the installation, customization, maintenance and
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training in the use of learning management computer
software” in International Class 42;3
ANGEL for “providing multiple use access to global computer in-
formation networks for the transfer and dissemination of a
wide range of information” in International Class 38;4
ANGEL.COM for “providing multiple use access to global computer in-
formation networks for the transfer and dissemination of a
wide range of information” in International Class 38;5
Angelsoft for, inter alia, “Providing communications services to oth-
ers, namely, facilitating communication and collaboration
between all parties in private equity investment deals by
providing e-mail, online forums and private intranet” in
International Class 38;
“application service provider (ASP) featuring software in
the field of investment analysis, collaboration, tracking and
financing” in International Class 42;6
ANGELLINK for “computer programs in the field of linen usage, distri-
bution, ordering and inventory systems management” in
International Class 9;7
AngelSpeech for “application service provider for hosting speech-enabled
computer software applications, namely, hosting computer
software applications, namely, software in the nature of a
virtual appointment manager for use by physicians and
medical and dental offices and clinics” in International
Class 42;8
Angel Systems, Inc. for “customized computer software used as an electronic
medical record to record patient admission and discharge
orders, medication orders, patient treatment, staff commu-

3 Registration No. 3028640 issued on December 13, 2005; Section 8 affidavit accepted and
Section 15 affidavit acknowledged.
4 Registration No. 3177337 issued on November 28, 2006; Section 8 affidavit accepted and
Section 15 affidavit acknowledged.
5 Registration No. 3169032 issued on November 7, 2006; Section 8 affidavit accepted.
6 Registration No. 3228603 issued on April 10, 2007.
7 Registration No. 2719755 issued on May 27, 2003; Section 8 affidavit accepted and Sec-
tion 15 affidavit acknowledged.
8 Registration No. 2997094 issued on September 20, 2005; Section 8 affidavit accepted and
Section 15 affidavit acknowledged.
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nication and intake and referral source statistics in the
field of behavioral healthcare” in International Class 9;9
ANGELFIRE for “electronic mail services” in International Class 38;10
ANGELFIRE for “computer services, namely, creating and maintaining
websites of others on a global computer network” in Inter-
national Class 42;11
ANGEL PHOENIX for, inter alia, “ … computer hardware, computers …” in
International Class 9;12
Guardian Angel
Support
for “computer technology support services, namely, help
desk services” in International Class 42;13
ANGELWITCH for, inter alia, “ … computer hardware, computers …” in
International Class 9;14
ROAD ANGEL for, inter alia, “telecommunications services, namely,
providing telecommunications connections to a global com-
puter network …” in International Class 38;
“installation, maintenance and repair of computer software
…” in International Class 42;15
BLAZING AN-
GELS
for “software and electronic games, namely, software
games recorded on CD-ROM and digital video discs for
computers; software games recorded on CD-ROMs, digital
video discs, and cartridges for console and individual, port-
able gaming systems; software games that are down-
loadable from a remote computer site” in International
Class 9;16

9 Registration No. 3173251 issued on November 21, 2006; No claim is made to the exclusive
right to use the words “Systems, Inc.” apart from the mark as shown.
10 Registration No. 2422857 issued on January 23, 2001; renewed.
11 Registration No. 2790027 issued on December 9, 2003; Section 8 affidavit accepted and
Section 15 affidavit acknowledged.
12 Registration No. 3740226 issued on January 19, 2010.
13 Registration No. 3787484 issued on May 11, 2010; No claim is made to the exclusive
right to use the word Support” apart from the mark as shown.
14 Registration No. 3750022 issued on February 16, 2010.
15 Registration No. 3156131 issued on October 17, 2006; No claim is made to the exclusive
right to use the word “Road” apart from the mark as shown.
16 Registration No. 3109869 issued on June 27, 2006; Section 8 affidavit accepted and Sec-
tion 15 affidavit acknowledged.
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Specifically, applicant points out that like the cited “angelpc and wing de-
sign” mark, the ANGEL mark (Reg. 3028640 above) covers technical support, trou-
bleshooting of problems, maintenance and training, in the field of learning man-
agement software and hardware, and that ANGEL and ANGEL.COM (Reg. Nos.
3177337 and 3169032) concern multiple-use access to a global network in order to
communicate a wide range of information.
In much the same way as we might use a dictionary entry, given more than a
dozen registrations in the IT field featuring prominently the term “Angel,” we agree
with applicant that this term in this context is suggestive of a rather routine com-
mercial idea of being supportive (“be an angel and help me do this”). Even though
the federal trademark register does not now have the twenty-two registrations in the
IT field with marks having an “Angel” formative as was the case several years ago,
we find that the term “Angel” is fairly dilute in the IT field such that the relevant
purchasers are able to distinguish among those Angel-formative marks based upon
small distinctions in the marks. This conclusion supports our giving the cited mark
a narrower scope of protection than if we were to adopt the position of the Trade-
mark Examining Attorney that the word “angel” is arbitrary in this field because it
necessarily connotes spiritual beings.
D. The Similarity of the Marks
We turn next to a consideration of the marks. In determining the similarity
or dissimilarity of marks, we must consider the marks in their entireties in terms of
sound, appearance, meaning and commercial impression. See Palm Bay Imports,
Inc. v. Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, 396 F.3d 1369, 73 USPQ2d 1689 (Fed. Cir. 2005).
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While marks must be compared in their entireties, one feature of a mark may have
more significance than another, and in such a case there is nothing improper in giv-
ing greater weight to the dominant feature. See In re National Data Corp., 753 F.2d
1056, 224 USPQ 749 (Fed. Cir. 1985).
In this context, the examining attorney argues that the respective marks are
highly similar since both employ the word “Angel” as a dominant feature. She ar-
gues that the slogans and taglines are in much smaller letters, and that descriptive,
generic and/or disclaimed matter is typically less significant in relation to other
wording when comparing marks.
The examining attorney also contends that it is the common term “Angel” in
both marks, rather than either design, that is entitled to greater weight, reasoning
that the word “Angel” is more likely than the designs to be impressed upon pur-
chaser’s memories and also that the word would be used by purchasers in calling for
the goods and/or services. By contrast, applicant argues that the examining attor-
ney has hewn much too closely to imposing a verboten per se rule that literal ele-
ments dominate over design features within composite marks.
Relative importance of design features
Applicant and the Trademark Examining Attorney disagree over whether
the designs or the literal elements dominate in each of these composite marks.
The examining attorney cites to cases such as In re Dakin's Miniatures, Inc., 59
USPQ2d 1593 (TTAB 1999); In re Appetito Provisions Co., 3 USPQ2d 1553 (TTAB
1987); and Amoco Oil Co. v. Amerco, Inc., 192 USPQ 1729 (TTAB 1976). By con-
trast to any putative rule derived from Amoco Oil Co., applicant points out that
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our primary reviewing Court, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, has
cautioned that “[t]here is no general rule as to whether letters or designs will dom-
inate in composite marks; nor is the dominance of letters or design dispositive of the
issue.” In re Electrolyte Laboratories Inc., 929 F.2d 645, 647, 16 USPQ2d 1239, 1240
(Fed. Cir. 1990).
In re Appetito Provisions Co is frequently cited for the principle that if a mark
comprises both a word and a design, the word is generally accorded greater weight
because it would be used by purchasers to request the goods or services. In the
Appetito case, the Board found that the mark at
right having the word APPETITO in block let-
ters, prominently displayed between broad geo-
metric stripes, as applied to Italian sausages, was
likely to cause confusion with the word “Appeti-
to’s” printed in small script letters across a large
capitalized letter “A,” as well as with the term
“Appetito’s Inc.,” below a large capitalized letter
“A” and the design of a sandwich, both for restau-
rant services. However, unlike the instant

versus

and
case, in Appetito the conflicting marks had identical literal elements (A APPETITO)
and an absence of any large, arbitrary imagery.
The Trademark Examining Attorney also cites to Dakin's Miniatures, where
the Board held that the presence of various design elements in the respective marks
did not dispel likelihood of confusion because it is the nearly identical literal por-
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tions that consumers will remember and use to call for both registrant's plush toys
and applicant's figurines.
DA-
KIN
Applicant’s marks Registrant’s marks
However, again the conflicting marks had dominant, arbitrary and nearly identical
literal elements in the word DAKIN.
In the case at bar, registrant’s mark features a large, heavy wings design, fol-
lowed by the much smaller designation, “angelpc.” Undoubtedly, the tagline “Per-
manent Online PC Support” has minimal source-distinguishing capabilities. In
terms of appearance, it is the design element, rather than the words, that domi-
nates registrant’s mark. The wings design is much larger than the term “angelpc,”
and it is by far the most visually significant part of the mark. Accordingly, we disa-
gree with the Trademark Examining Attorney that the word “Angel,” drawn from
the larger designation angelpc, is the dominant part of registrant's mark, or even
that the angelpc designation is entitled to more weight than the wings design por-
tion of registrant’s mark.
Beyond precedential cases, the examining attorney has referred us to the fol-
lowing non-precedential Board cases from the past several years, purportedly to
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demonstrate the relative unimportance of design features in determining likelihood
of confusion:
Case Applicant’s mark Registrant’s mark(s)
In re Allene Rose Gal-
lagher (TTAB March 9,
2007)
In re Guesthouse Interna-
tional, L.L.C, (TTAB June
28, 2010)
In re Taylor Wines Pty
Ltd, (TTAB November 20,
2008)
In re Int’l Communica-
tion Services (TTAB, Feb.
12, 2012)

DIRECTO IDEAS TEL-
CEL
DIRECTO DE TELCEL
DIRECTO IDEAS
In re Evolve Fitness
(TTAB June 18, 2009)
In re Saguaro Productions
Inc. (TTAB, January 13,
2012)
SAGUARO ROAD REC-
ORDS

However, while many of these composite marks include incidental design features,
we conclude that the common literal elements (e.g., “AG,” “SṮ ANDREWS,” “Evolve,”
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“Boomerang,” “SAGUARO” and “Directo”) appear to be strong, dominant features
within the pairs of conflicting marks.
Accordingly, we find that registrant’s wings design is a dominant portion of
its composite mark. To a lesser degree, applicant’s large letter “A” surrounded by a
halo having a sunburst in its center is also a prominent portion of applicant’s mark
that further distinguishes these respective marks.
The cited mark includes the term “angelpc,” while the term “Angel” is concep-
tually and commercially weak in this field.

As seen above, applicant has submitted 14 third-party registrations where it
can be seen that the term “Angel” is used suggestively in the IT field. When compar-
ing marks in their entireties, less weight should be placed on suggestive portions of
the marks. See Tektronix, Inc. v. Daktronics, Inc., 534 F.2d 915, 189 USPQ 693, 694
(CCPA 1976). From these registrations, we conclude that the word “angel” alone
may well engender several different possible interpretations in the context of IT
goods and services. However, to the extent that the wings design is at all reminis-
cent of a pair of angel’s wings, it conveys the meaning of a celestial being with an
attendant narrowing of the possible commercial impression of registrant’s mark
among the multiplicity of third-party “Angel marks.”
As to sound, it is true that the marks include the two phonetically identical
syllables, ān-jəl, and to that extent, the two marks contain similar sounds. Howev-
er, the most prominent word portion of registrant’s mark is “angelpc,” not just “an-
gel.” Presumably, potential consumers would articulate the registered mark as “An-
gel PC.” Contra In re Kysela Pere et Fils, Ltd., 98 USPQ2d 1261 (TTAB 2011)
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[where marks were found to be similar in appearance, to be identical in pronuncia-
tion, and the only element of the registered marks that could be articulated
was the identical letter string, “HB”].
Hence, we find that when these respective marks are considered in their en-
tireties, the differences in the marks in appearance, sound, meaning and commer-
cial impression far outweigh the points of similarity. It is true that the literal por-
tions of the composite marks in the present case consist, in part, of a common iden-
tifiable and pronounceable word. On the other hand, the mere fact that both marks
contain the word “Angel” within them is not a sufficient basis for us to conclude that
the marks are similar. We agree with applicant that
when compared in their entireties, these two marks en-
gender sufficiently different commercial impressions to
tilt the balance toward no likelihood of confusion. See
Kellogg Co. v. Pack’em Enterprises Inc., 951 F.2d 330, 21
USPQ2d 1142, 1145 (Fed. Cir. 1991). The examining at-
torney argues that Kellogg Co. v. Pack'em can be
FROOT LOOPS
v.
distinguished because that case involved “a common term that was non-distinctive.”
However, we have found that in light of the third-party registrations with composite
marks having prominent “angel” formatives, the common element is suggestive, and
hence does not fall on either extreme on the continuum of distinctiveness. Hence,
this critical du Pont factor favors a finding of no likelihood of confusion.
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E. Conclusion:
Notwithstanding any arguable relatedness of the services, we find that in
view of the dissimilarities between the marks combined with the relative weakness
of the designation “Angel” for IT goods and services, even purchasers exercising only
ordinary care in the purchase of these goods and services would be able to readily
distinguish the two marks.
Decision: The refusal to register under Section 2(d) of the Trademark Act is
hereby reversed.