United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 31 December 2002

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

                           November 18-22, 2002



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

11-18           OPP             124,462                 Ecolab Inc. v.
                (SJ)                                    Cyclo3pss

11-18           EX              75/346,851              Quality Mapping
                                                        Solutions, L.L.C.


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

whether         Opposition      ""ECOLAB"               "ECO-WASH"
applicant       Sustained       and other marks         [commercial laundry
used its mark   (Opposer's      incorporating the       machines]
on the goods    motion for      formative "ECO"
recited in its  summary         [a wide variety of
application     judgment        cleaning, sanitizing,
as of the       granted)        maintenance, and repair
filing date of                  products and services
its application                 for a variety of
                                markets]

whether the     Refusal                                 "QUALITY MAPPING
matter          Affirmed                                SOLUTIONS"
applicant                                               [computer software,
seeks to                                                namely, software
register is                                             used to manage
used solely                                             quality systems for
as a trade                                              the purpose of
name and not                                            certification of
also as a                                               private, business
trademark                                               and governmental
                                                        entities according
                                                        to national and
                                                        international
                                                        quality standards]


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