United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 23 April 2002

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

3-11            EX              75/628,844              Trans
                                                        Continental
                                                        Records, Inc.

3-12            EX              75/533,137              The Hermitage
                (R)                                     Group, Inc.


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

Section 6       Refusal                                 "O-TOWN RECORDS
disclaimer      Reversed                                INCORPORATED"
requirement                                             (and
(of term                                                design)
O-TOWN)                                                 [pre-recorded
                                                        compact discs,
                                                        audio cassettes,
                                                        and video
                                                        cassettes
                                                        featuring pop
                                                        music; jewelry;
                                                        paper goods and
                                                        printed matter,
                                                        namely, posters,
                                                        bookcovers,
                                                        postcards and
                                                        unmounted photo-
                                                        graphs; leather
                                                        goods, namely,
                                                        backpacks and
                                                        fanny packs;
                                                        clothing, namely,
                                                        hats, t-shirts,
                                                        and jackets; and
                                                        entertainment in
                                                        the nature of
                                                        live performances
                                                        by a pop
                                                        musical group]

2(a)            Request                                 "HERMITAGE"
[false          for Recon-                              (and design
suggestion      sideration                              incorporating an
of a            Denied                                  artist's palette
connection]     (Refusal                                and brushes)
                Affirmed)                               [printed art
                                                        reproductions]


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

                                                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