United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 17 December 2002

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

                              November 4-8, 2002



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

11-4            EX              76/055,965              Surecom
                                                        Technology Corp.

11-6            EX              76/114,506              Human
                                                        Rights Campaign
                                                        Foundation


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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "SURECOM"
                Affirmed                                (in stylized
                                                        lettering)
                                                        [microcomputers,
                                                        namely, main
                                                        frames, CPUs, hard
                                                        disk drivers,
                                                        magnetic disk
                                                        drivers, optical
                                                        disk drivers,
                                                        hubs, electrical
                                                        connectors, audio
                                                        receivers, tele-
                                                        phone receivers,
                                                        and blank
                                                        magnetic disks]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "HRC WORKNET"
                Reversed                                [providing
                                                        employment infor-
                                                        mation regarding
                                                        policies and
                                                        practices con-
                                                        cerning issues
                                                        specific to gay,
                                                        lesbian, bisexual
                                                        and transgendered
                                                        employees via an
                                                        on-line global
                                                        computer network]


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

"SURE-COMM"                                     No
[radio transceivers]

"HRC"                                           No
[human resources
consulting services,
namely, assisting
businesses in assessment
and planning in the fields
of personnel and human
resource management]


(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