United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 21 February 2006

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

1-19            OPP             91150380                Hill's Pet
                                                        Nutrition,
                                                        Inc. v. PMI
                                                        Nutrition, Inc.

1-20            EX              76518244                GoSMILE, Inc.


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

2(d)            Opposition      "SUPERIOR               "SUPERIOR
                Sustained       NUTRITION FOR           NUTRITION FOR
                                THE LIFE OF YOUR        EXCEPTIONAL PETS"
                                PET" and                [pet food]
                                "SUPERIOR
                                NUTRITION FOR
                                THE LIFELONG
                                HEALTH OF YOUR
                                PET"
                                [both marks for
                                pet food]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "GOSMILE PM"
                Affirmed                                [toothpaste
                                                        marketed and
                                                        sold in high end
                                                        retail department
                                                        stores as well as
                                                        in spas, salons,
                                                        resorts, doctors'
                                                        offices, dentists'
                                                        offices, and high
                                                        end hotels]


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

                                                No

"P.M."                                          No
[toothpaste and
tooth gel]


(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