United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 08 October 2002

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

8-30            EX              75/437,901              Institute of
                                                        Electrical and
                                                        Electronics
                                                        Engineers, Inc.


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

2(e)(1);        Refusal                                 "1394"
whether the     Affirmed,                               [publication,
matter          but only                                namely, standard
applicant       on 2(e)(1)                              for a high
seeks to        grounds                                 performance serial
register                                                bus]
functions as
a trademark;
whether the
drawing of
the mark is a
substantially
exact
representation
of the mark
shown in the
specimens of
use--i.e.,
whether the
specimens
demonstrate
trademark
use of the
mark sought
to be
registered
[mutilation]


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

                                                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