United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 20 April 2004

Date            Type of         Proceeding
Issued          Case (1)        or App'n No.            Party/Parties

3-19            OPP             91101979                Sara Lee Corp. v.
                                                        Kayser-Roth Corp.

3-19            EX              75675996                The Piano
                                                        Technicians
                                                        Guild, Inc.

3-19            OPP             91121807                Orion Electric
                                                        Co., Ltd. v.
                                                        Orion Electric
                                                        Co., Ltd.


                                Opposer's/              Applicant's/
                                Petitioner's            Respondent's
                TTAB            Mark and                Mark and
Issue           Decision        Goods/Services          Goods/Services

2(d)            Opposition      "SHEER ENERGY"          "SHEER ENDURANCE"
                Sustained       and                     [hosiery,
                                "SHEER ELEGANCE"        including
                                [both marks             pantyhose]
                                for hosiery
                                and pantyhose]

genericness     Refusal                                 "REGISTERED
[whether        Reversed                                PIANO TECHNICIAN"
applicant's                                             [certification
mark is                                                 mark used in
capable of                                              connection with
registration                                            a certification
on the                                                  program for
Supplemental                                            identifying
Register as a                                           persons with ex-
certification                                           perience, skill,
mark]                                                   and knowledge in
                                                        the field of piano
                                                        tuning, repair,
                                                        and maintenance]

2(d);           Opposition      "ORION"                 "ORION"
fraud           Sustained       [video tape             [display monitors,
                on both         recorders and           moniputers, and
                grounds         player, TV sets]        related
                                                        accessories]


Mark and                                        Citable as
Goods Cited by                                  Precedent
Examining Atty.                                 of TTAB

                                                No

                                                No

                                                No


(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