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

			     February 18-22, 2002


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

2-20		EX		75/829,997		Action Staffing
							Group, Inc.

2-20		EX		75/793,904		DeeDee Traylor Taft

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

2(d)		Refusal 				"ACTION STAFFING
		Reversed				GROUP" 
							[employment agency
							services]

2(d)		Refusal 				"SPIN 
		Affirmed				COMMUNICATIONS" 
							(in stylized 
							lettering)
							[public relations
							services]

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

3 cited registrations owned by 			No
3 different entities:
"ACTION TEMPORARIES" 
(and design) 
[temporary employment placement 
services]; 
"ACTION LABOR" 
(and design) 
[personnel placement and 
recruitment services]; 
"ACTION PLUS INDUSTRIAL LABOR" 
[temporary employment agency 
services]

"SPINS" 					No
[market research, analysis
and study 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
