United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 10 February 2004
Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board January 5-9, 2004 Date Type of Proceeding Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties 1-6 EX 76188426 Gallup, Inc. EX 76188427 1-6 EX 76301645 Tantowel U.S. 1-8 EX 75901582 Worknowledge LLC EX 75901583 Opposer's/ Applicant's/ Petitioner's Respondent's TTAB Mark and Mark and Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services 2(e)(1) Refusal "EMPATHY" and Affirmed "DISCIPLINE" in both [both marks for cases providing a per- sonal analysis of an individual's inherent strengths over an inter- active website on a global computer network] 2(e)(1) Refusal "SPFTOWEL" Affirmed [sun block, sun tan lotion, self- tanning lotion, and pre-moistened sun tanning prep- arations contained in a towelette] 2(d) Refusal "WORKNOWLEDGE" Affirmed and in both "WORKNOWLEDGE.COM" cases [both marks for: business manage- ment consulting services, namely, the collection and analysis of data based on employ- ees' interaction with knowledge materials deliv- ered to them and the presentation of such data and conclusions based thereon to em- ployers, employees and third parties; and educational services, namely, conducting busi- ness management seminars in the fields of law, medicine, econom- ics, finance, business services, telecommunica- tions, manufac- turing, real estate, retail and wholesale sales, government, non- profit organiza- tions, marketing, advertising data management, utili- zation and/or manipulation of software and hardware, technology and high technology] Mark and Citable as Goods Cited by Precedent Examining Atty. of TTAB No No "WORKING No KNOWLEDGE" [business consultation and business research in the fields of management and management training, development of training materials, course curricula and materials, and thinking and writing skills] (1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION; (MD)=MOTION TO DISMISS; (MR)=MOTION TO REOPEN