United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 05 November 2002

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

9-25            OPP             110,126                 U S West, Inc.
                                                        v. Hatten
                                                        Communications
                                                        Holding Co., Inc.

9-25            EX              75/300,422              Council on
                                                        Professional
                                                        Standards for
                                                        Kinesiotherapy


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

2(d);           Opposition      "U S WEST"              "US EAST"
dilution        Sustained       [telecommunication      [telecommunication
                but only        services and pro-       services, namely,
                on 2(d)         viding multiple         cellular, personal
                grounds         user access to a        communications
                                global computer         systems (PCS),
                                network for the         commercial mobile
                                transfer and dis-       radio services,
                                semination of a         domestic and
                                wide range of           international long
                                information]            distance services,
                                                        local telephone
                                                        services and
                                                        paging services,
                                                        data and voice
                                                        communication
                                                        services; computer
                                                        services, namely,
                                                        providing
                                                        multiple-user
                                                        access to a global
                                                        computer informa-
                                                        tion network for
                                                        the transfer and
                                                        dissemination of
                                                        a wide range of
                                                        information]

Section 6       Refusal                                 "REGISTERED
disclaimer      Affirmed                                KINESIOTHERAPIST
requirement                                             R.K.T."
of the words                                            [certification
REGISTERED                                              mark for medical
KINESIOTHERA-                                           services, namely,
PIST, on the                                            the treatment of
grounds that                                            the effects of
the term is                                             disease, injury
generic                                                 and congenital
                                                        disorders through
                                                        use of therapeutic
                                                        exercise and
                                                        education]


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

                                                No

                                                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