United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 06 January 2004

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

12-4            OPP             91117882                Sharp Kabushiki
                                                        Kaisha v. Sharp
                                                        Circle Consulting,
                                                        LLC

12-4            OPP             91123830                Hart Info
                                                        LLC v. Innovative
                                                        Measurement
                                                        Solutions, Inc.


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

2(d)            Opposition      a family of marks       "SHARP CIRCLE"
                Sustained       consisting of or        (and design)
                (noting         incorporating the       [business
                Board's         word "SHARP"            consultation
                earlier         [an extremely wide      services in
                entry of        variety of              the fields of
                show-cause      electrical and/or       executive
                order to        electronic              recruitment and
                applicant)      products in the         business
                                computer field and      development;
                                in connection with      financial
                                related consulta-       consultation
                                tion services]          services;
                                                        computer
                                                        technology
                                                        consultation
                                                        services]

ownership       Opposition                              "FORMULATION
of the mark     Sustained                               WORKSTATION
                                                        THE WORKFLOW
                                                        SOFTWARE FOR
                                                        FORMULATORS"
                                                        (and design)
                                                        [computer
                                                        software for
                                                        formula develop-
                                                        ment, formula
                                                        management, and
                                                        computer software
                                                        for product
                                                        development and
                                                        process
                                                        manufacturing
                                                        applications, all
                                                        for use in the
                                                        process
                                                        manufacturing
                                                        industries]


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