United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 17 October 2006

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

9-15            EX              75701344                National Council
                                                        for Therapeutic
                                                        Recreation
                                                        Certification, Inc.

9-15            EX              78157550                Piano Factory Group
                                                        Inc.


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

genericness;    Refusal                                 "CERTIFIED
whether, if     Reversed                                THERAPEUTIC
not generic,    on both                                 RECREATION
applicant's     grounds                                 SPECIALIST"
mark has                                                [certification mark
acquired                                                for meeting
distinctiveness                                         certifier's
under Section                                           standards of
2(f)                                                    competence in the
                                                        field of
                                                        recreational
                                                        therapy and
                                                        recreational
                                                        therapy counseling]

2(e)(4)         Refusal                                 "VOSE & SONS"
                Affirmed                                [pianos, namely,
                                                        upright pianos,
                                                        grand pianos, and
                                                        digital pianos;
                                                        piano keyboard
                                                        instruments]


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

                                                No

                                                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