United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 02 October 2007

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

8-31            OPP             91119166                Saint-Gobain
                                                        Corporation v.
                                                        3M Company


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

functionality;  Opposition                              a specific shade
whether         Sustained                               of purple color
applicant's     on both                                 applied to the
claimed mark    grounds                                 entire rough side
has acquired                                            of applicant's
distinctiveness                                         goods
                                                        [sandpaper, namely,
                                                        coated abrasives
                                                        with either paper
                                                        or cloth backing]


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

                                                Yes


(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