United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 24 October 2006

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

9-21            EX              76263453                The Hoover Company

9-21            EX              78421793                Truth Hardware
                                                        Corporation

9-22            CANC            92043113                AAI Motorsports Co.
                                                        v. Express Auto
                                                        Options, Inc.


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

2(d); 2(e)(1)   Refusal                                 "NUMBER ONE NAME IN
                Affirmed                                FLOORCARE"
                on both                                 [floor cleaning
                grounds                                 appliances, namely,
                                                        carpet cleaning
                                                        machines and floor
                                                        polishing and
                                                        cleaning machines]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "ENCORE"
                Reversed                                [window hardware
                                                        made primarily of
                                                        metal, namely,
                                                        brackets, tracks,
                                                        latches, locks,
                                                        knobs, handles,
                                                        hinges, operators,
                                                        and lever sets,
                                                        sold exclusively
                                                        to manufacturers]

2(d)            Petition to     "BUDDY CLUB"            "BUDDY CLUB 2"
[priority];     Cancel Denied   [automobile             (in stylized
2(a)                            after-market            format)
[false                          accessories and         [new ground
suggestion of                   modification kits,      effects, namely,
a connection]                   including bumpers       automobile bumpers
                                and side skirts]        and side skirts]


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

"THE FIRST NAME                                 No
IN FLOORCARE"
[electrical vacuum
cleaners for both
domestic and
industrial use]

"ENCORE"                                        No
[window shutters composed
primarily of fiberglass
or plastic]

                                                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