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              75/719,666              Mental Images
                                                        GmbH & Co. KG

5-14            EX              75/858,278              Leonard P. Gietz,
                (R)                                     M.D.


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

2(e)(1)         Refusal                                 "INCREMENTAL
                Reversed                                IMAGES"
                                                        [computer software
                                                        for use by soft-
                                                        ware developers in
                                                        creating applica-
                                                        tions that provide
                                                        for interactive
                                                        visualization
                                                        manipulation and
                                                        modification of
                                                        three-dimensional
                                                        digital content
                                                        over worldwide
                                                        global computer
                                                        networks, together
                                                        with printed
                                                        instructional
                                                        manuals and
                                                        printed instruc-
                                                        tional and teach-
                                                        ing guides sold
                                                        therewith as
                                                        a unit]

whether         Request                                 mark comprising:
applicant's     for Recon-                              the disclaimed
composite       sideration                              term "RENT-A-
mark is         Denied                                  PHONE," displayed
inherently      (Refusal                                in light green
distinctive     Affirmed)                               letters (in an
                                                        italicized sans
                                                        serif font) within
                                                        an elliptical
                                                        field providing a
                                                        white background
                                                        with a light green
                                                        border


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

                                                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