United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 17 June 2003

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

                                May 12-16, 2003



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

5-13            CANC            30,783                  James P. Cecil,
                                                        Inc. v.
                                                        Enterprise
                                                        Automation, Inc.

5-13            OPP             117,490                 Information
                OPP             117,505                 Builders, Inc. v.
                                                        Techinfocus, Inc.


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

fraud;          Petition        "NURTURE"               "NURTURE"
whether         to Cancel       [goods and              [computer software
respondent      Granted         services in the         for automating
owned the       (on all         field of marketing      marketing and
registered      grounds         and client rela-        relationship
mark at the     pleaded)        tionship manage-        management
time it                         ment processes,         campaigns]
filed an                        campaigns, and
application                     techniques]
to register;
2(d)

2(d)            Opposition      "FOCUS"                 "TECHINFOCUS" and
                Sustained       [computer programs      "TECHINFOCUS"
                                for data base           (and design)
                                management];            [both marks for
                                "PC/FOCUS"              software that
                                [diskettes con-         permits users to
                                taining a micro-        transmit over
                                processor program       public networks
                                for use in              and private
                                preparation of          networks reports,
                                reports and             invoices,
                                graphs from data        marketing informa-
                                stored in a             tion, and data in
                                personal                a graphical format
                                computer];              that is
                                "WEBFOCUS"              interactive]
                                [computer programs
                                for data base
                                management];
                                "FOCUS VISION"
                                [pre-recorded
                                computer programs
                                used to store
                                images in a
                                database]; and
                                "FOCUS FUSION"
                                [computer software
                                for database
                                management
                                systems]


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