United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 30 Oct 2007

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

9-24            EX              78540254                Edmunds.com, Inc.

9-24            EX              78652937                D&B Mitchell
                                                        Group, LLC


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

genericness;    Refusal                                 "TRUE MARKET
whether         Affirmed,                               VALUE"
applicant's     but only on                             [computer services,
mark, if not    the ground                              namely, providing
generic, has    that mark                               online, interactive
acquired dis-   has not                                 database which
tinctiveness    acquired                                provides an
and is          distinctive-                            evaluation of the
registrable     ness under                              market value of a
under Section   Section 2(f)                            vehicle based on
2(f)                                                    criteria entered
                                                        by the database
                                                        user]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "BLUE BAMBOO
                Affirmed                                XPRESS"
                                                        (and design
                                                        incorporating
                                                        Chinese characters
                                                        the transliteration
                                                        of which is
                                                        "BLUE BAMBOO")
                                                        [restaurants]







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

                                                No

"BLU BAMBU"                                     No
[catering and restaurant
services]


(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