United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 30 May 2006

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

                           April 24-28, 2006



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


4-24            EX              78334625                Mark
                                                        Thomas

4-25            CANC            92031572                Lu Soro v.
                (SJ)                                    Citigroup,
                                                        Inc.


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


2(d)            Refusal                                 "MARCHE NOIR"
                Affirmed                                [jewelry]
                (but only
                as to cited
                registration for
                services
                in Class 35)

whether         Petition        "CITIGROUP"             "CITIGROUP"
cancellation    to Cancel       [financial services]    [full range
petitioner      Denied                                  of insurance and
has standing    (Respondent's                           financial services;
to file the     motion for                              banking services;
petition to     summary                                 credit card
cancel          judgment granted)                       services;
                                                        securities trading,
                                                        consulting and
                                                        underwriting
                                                        services;
                                                        investment
                                                        services]

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

2 cited registrations,                          Yes
owned by different
entities:
"BLACK MARKET"
(in stylized letters)
[in Class 25:
clothing for women,
namely, dresses,
pants, jackets,
lingerie, tops,
skirts, and shorts]
and
"BLACK MARKET
MINERALS"
[in Class 35:
retail jewelry
and mineral
store services]

                                                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