United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 08 October 2002

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

                           August 26-30, 2002



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

8-28            EX              75/482,561              Cyber-Financial.
                                                        Net, Inc.


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

genericness     Refusal                                 "BONDS.COM"
[whether        Affirmed                                [providing
applicant's                                             information
mark is                                                 regarding financial
registrable                                             products and
on the                                                  services via a
Supplemental                                            global computer
Register]                                               network and
                                                        providing
                                                        electronic commerce
                                                        services via a
                                                        global computer
                                                        network, namely,
                                                        investment
                                                        research,
                                                        subscription
                                                        services, market
                                                        commentary,
                                                        portfolio analysis,
                                                        debt instrument
                                                        conversion, yield
                                                        performance, and
                                                        pricing analysis,
                                                        with respect to
                                                        taxable and tax
                                                        exempt debt
                                                        instruments, and
                                                        other related
                                                        investment products
                                                        and services,
                                                        namely, investment
                                                        securities]


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

                                                Yes


(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