United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 18 January 2005

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

                          December 13-17, 2004



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

12-13           EX              76364167                David Adress

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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "PC WIZ"
                Affirmed                                [consulting
                as to both                              services in the
                cited                                   field of design,
                registrations                           selection,
                                                        implementation
                                                        and use of
                                                        computer
                                                        hardware and
                                                        software systems
                                                        for others]

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

2 cited                                         No
registrations,
both owned by
the same entity:
"PC WIZARDS"
and
"PC WIZARDS"
(and design)
[both marks
for the following
services:
in Class 37:
repair services
for computer
hardware, namely,
personal computer
and network
installations
and maintenance
services;
in Class 42:
computer
consulting
services, namely,
technical support
services in the
nature of
troubleshooting
of computer
hardware and
software problems
via e-mail, by
telephone, or in
person;
maintenance of
computer software;
custom website
design and hosting
for others]

(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