United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 02 August 2005

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

                             June 27-July 1, 2005



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

6-27            EX              78132209                Allied
                                                        Electronics, Inc.

6-28            EX              76563783                The Alta
                                                        Group, LLC


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

2(d)            Refusal         "ALLIED                 "ALLIED"
                Affirmed        ELECTRONICS"            (in rectangle
                                [hand tools             design)
                                for use in the          [hand- and
                                electronics             machine-made
                                industry, namely,       tools, namely,
                                hand-held crimp-        files, drill
                                ers, wire cutters,      bits, trowels,
                                lead cutters,           screwdrivers,
                                wire strippers,         pliers, wrenches,
                                extractors for          chisels, punches,
                                electrical and          saws, snips and
                                computer com-           shears, scrapers,
                                ponents, tweezers,      hammers, taps
                                punchdown tools,        and dies]
                                blow torches and
                                metal vices]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "THE ALTA GROUP"
                Affirmed                                [business consult-
                                                        ing services
                                                        provided to the
                                                        equipment finan-
                                                        cing and leasing
                                                        industry]


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

                                                No

"ALTA RESOURCES"                                No
(and design)
[business services,
namely, providing
business consultation,
business networking,
business personnel and
business specialist
services in the fields
of customer acquisition,
customer service, customer
management, shipping,
marketing and sales for
commercial businesses,
excluding business
consulting services in
the field of equipment
financing and leasing]


(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