United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 14 June 2005

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

5-12            EX              76238774                Roy G. Geronemus,
                                                        M.D., P.C.

5-12            EX              76532863                Treana Winery LLC

5-12            OPP             91123244                Cortex Biochem,
                CANC            92040577                Inc. v. Roche
                                                        Diagnostics GmbH;
                                                        Cortex Biochem,
                                                        Inc. v. Roche
                                                        Diagnostics
                                                        Corporation;

                OPP             91159203                Roche Diagnostics
                                                        GmbH and Roche
                                                        Diagnostics
                                                        Corporation v.
                                                        Cortex Biochem


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

genericness     Refusal                                 "LASER TONING"
[2(e)(1);       Affirmed                                [medical services,
whether, even                                           namely, skin
if merely                                               rejuvenation]
descriptive,
applicant's
mark is capable
of registration
on the
Supplemental
Register]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "WESTSIDE RED"
                Affirmed                                [wine]

2(d);           Opposition      a family of marks with  "MAGNA PURE"
whether opposer Dismissed       the prefix "MAGA,"      [in Class 5: in
Cortex has a    in all classes; including               vitro diagnostic
family marks;   Petition to     "MAGAPHASE,"            agents for medical
affirmative     Cancel Denied   "MAGACELL,"             use; biochemicals,
defense                         "MAGACROLEIN,"          namely, chemical
alleging that                   "MAGACHARC,"            reagents for the
the term MAGA                   "MAGACELL-X,"           purification of
is merely                       "MAGABEADS,"            nucleic acids for
descriptive                     "MAGNETITE," and        medical use; in
                                "MAGAROSE"              Class 9: apparatus
                                [all for various types  for the
                                of particles used for   purification of
                                immuno separation,      nucleic acids for
                                cell separation, and    scientific use;
                                DNA/RNA separation,     accessories,
                                the particles also      namely, tops of
                                being coupled with a    pipettes and test
                                variety of reagents     tubes; apparatus
                                for purification        for the pre-
                                and/or extraction and   analytical
                                isolation processes]    processing for
                                                        scientific use; in
                                                        Class 10: same
                                                        description of
                                                        goods as in Class
                                                        9, above, except
                                                        for "medical"
                                                        rather than
                                                        "scientific" use]
                                                        "MAGNA PURE"
                                                        [biochemicals,
                                                        namely, chemical
                                                        reagents for the
                                                        purification of
                                                        nucleic acid for
                                                        scientific or
                                                        research use]
2(d)            Opposition      "MAGNA PURE"            "MAGAPURE"
                Sustained       [see top of next        [in Class 1:
                in both         column for goods]       chemical reagents
                classes                                 for scientific or
                                                        research use in the
                                                        isolation,
                                                        purification, and
                                                        extraction of
                                                        biochemicals; in
                                                        Class 5: diagnostic
                                                        reagents for
                                                        clinical or medical
                                                        laboratory use for
                                                        the isolation,
                                                        purification, and
                                                        extraction of
                                                        biochemicals]


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

                                                No

"WESTSIDE BLUE"                                 No
[wine]
                                                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