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