United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 25 June 2002

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

5-14            EX              75/178,161              Comark, Inc.
                EX              75/178,162

5-14            EX              75/819,592              Masco Corp.
                                                        of Indiana

5-14            EX              75/523,702              Thomson Consumer
                                                        Electronics, Inc.


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

genericness;    Refusal                                 "PC WHOLESALE" and
whether, if     Affirmed                                "PC WHOLESALE"
not generic,    as to lack                              (in design format)
applicant's     of 2(f)                                 [both marks for
mark has        distinctive-                            catalogs featuring
acquired        ness, but                               personal computers
distinctive-    PC                                      and computer
ness under      WHOLE-                                  peripherals;
Section 2(f)    SALE                                    telephone, mail
                found not                               and fax order
                generic                                 services featuring
                                                        computer hardware,
                                                        software, and
                                                        computer per-
                                                        ipherals; computer
                                                        hardware and
                                                        peripherals
                                                        installation]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "SIGNATURE"
(with           Reversed                                [plumbing
consent                                                 products, namely,
from owner                                              faucets]
of cited
registration)

2(d)            Refusal                                 "HORIZONS"
                Affirmed                                [flat-screen
                                                        televisions]


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

                                                No

"SIGNATURE"                                     No
[shower heads]

"HORIZON"                                       No
[satellite antennas]


(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