United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 26 December 2006

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

                          November 20-24, 2006



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

11-21           EX              78549135                NFO, Inc.

11-21           EX              78495253                Liberty Hardware
                                                        Manufacturing Corp.

11-21           OPP             91160771                Robert Kaufhold v.
                (R)                                     Robert P. Yeomans

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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "MAXIMUM
                Affirmed                                MARKETING"
                                                        [business
                                                        marketing and
                                                        consulting
                                                        services in
                                                        the field of
                                                        grain trading
                                                        and grain
                                                        market analysis]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "MESA"
                Affirmed                                [bathroom
                                                        accessories,
                                                        namely, towel
                                                        bars, towel rings,
                                                        tissue holders and
                                                        tumbler-toothbrush
                                                        holders]

2(d)            Request for     "THE UNDEAD"            "THE UNDEAD"
                Reconsideration [entertainment          [entertainment
                Denied          services in the         services, namely,
                (Opposition     nature of musical       live performances
                Sustained)      performances]           by a musical band]

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

"MAXIMUM"                                       No
[business
marketing
consulting
services]

"MESA                                           No
INTERNATIONAL"
(and design)
[retail and
outlet store
services and mail
order catalog
services, all
featuring
decorative
tabletop items
and decorative
accessories for
the home]

                                                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