United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 01 November 2005

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

9-30            EX              78144053                Microsoft
                                                        Corporation


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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "BRUTE FORCE"
                Affirmed                                [action figures
                                                        in the nature of
                                                        science fiction
                                                        and military
                                                        characters,
                                                        marketed in
                                                        connection with
                                                        computer and video
                                                        game and other
                                                        media]


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

"BRUTE FORCE"                                   No
[toys, namely, toy
cars, model kits, die
cast toy cars, and toy
helmets]


(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