United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 03 September 2002

  Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

                               July 22-26, 2002



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

7-23            EX              75/877,976              Florida
                                                        Family Insurance
                                                        Services, LLC

7-23            EX              75/781,752              Mark C. Andrews

7-23            CANC            26,666                  Tangent Computer,
                                                        Inc. v. Tangent
                                                        Systems, Inc.


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

2(e)(1)         Refusal                                 "BIG RE
                Affirmed                                INTERMEDIARIES"
                                                        [insurance
                                                        services, namely,
                                                        the brokering of
                                                        reinsurance]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "NORTHERN OUTWEAR"
                Affirmed                                (and design)
                                                        [wearing apparel,
                                                        namely, t-shirts,
                                                        pants, shirts,
                                                        hats, caps, coats,
                                                        vests, socks, and
                                                        shoes]

whether         Petition        "TANGENT                "TANGENT SYSTEMS"
respondent's    to Cancel       COMPUTER"               [computer hardware
registration    Denied          [computer               in the area of
should be       (Section 18     hardware in             document proces-
modified to     restriction     the nature of           sing, document
restrict the    denied)         personal com-           imaging, and data
identifica-                     puters, servers,        processing]
tion of goods                   and work stations]
[Section 18]


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

                                                No

"NORTHERN APPAREL"                              No
[outerwear, coats,
jackets, anoraks,
suits, blazers, sport
jackets]

                                                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