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

7-24		EX		78389002		Ware

7-25		EX		78369245		Rodale Inc.

7-25		CANC		92031572		Lu Soro v. 
		(SJ)					Citigroup, Inc.
		(R)


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

2(d)		Refusal 				"DOWN IN SOUTHERN 	
		Affirmed 				COMFORT" 		
		as to all 				[men's, women's and
		four cited 				children's wearing 
		registrations				apparel, namely, 
							t-shirts, head 
							gear, foot gear, 
							shirts, pants, 
							dresses, blouses, 
							skirts, sport 
							jackets, sport 
  							pants]

genericness 	Refusal 				"NUTRITION 
(whether 	Affirmed				BULLETIN" 
applicant's 						[providing 
mark is 						information in the 
registrable 						field of health and
on the 							diet via a web site
Supplemental 						on the Internet]
Register)

whether 	Request for 	"CITIGROUP"  		"CITIGROUP" 
cancellation 	Reconsideration	[financial services]	[full range of 
petitioner 	Denied					insurance and 
has standing 	[Petition to 				financial services;
to file the 	Cancel Denied 				banking services; 
petition to 	(Respondent's 				credit card 
cancel		motion for 				services; 
		summary 				securities trading,
 		judgment 				consulting and 
		granted)] 				underwriting 
							services; 
							investment 
							services]


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

4 cited registrations, 				No
all owned by the same 
entity:
"SOUTHERN COMFORT" 
[clothing, namely, 
shirts, caps, jackets, 
etc.]; 
"SOUTHERN COMFORT 
ESTABLISHED 1874," 
"SOUTHERN COMFORT" 
(in stylized lettering),
and "SOUTHERN COMFORT 
REG. U.S. PAT. OFF." 
(and design) 
[all three marks for: 
footwear, hats, 
t-shirts, shirts, pants,
jackets, etc.]

					        Yes

						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
