United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 21 September 2004

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

8-18            EX              76069661                St. Tropez, Inc.

8-19            EX              75667177                Nutrisoya
                                                        Foods, Inc.

8-19            EX              76467958                Patents+TMS, P.C.

8-19            EX              76422636                Koleaseco, Inc.


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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "ST. TROPEZ"
                Affirmed                                (and design)
                                                        [sun tan gel,
                                                        sun tan lotion,
                                                        sun tan oil, skin
                                                        gels, sun screening
                                                        preparations, sun
                                                        tan accelerator
                                                        products, skin and
                                                        body creams and
                                                        lotions, non-
                                                        medicated skin and
                                                        body balms]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "NATUR-A"
                Affirmed                                [processed food
                                                        products, namely,
                                                        non-alcoholic
                                                        soybean-based
                                                        beverages for use
                                                        as a milk
                                                        substitute]

2(e)(1)         Refusal                                 "PATENT
                Reversed                                LETTER NEWS"
                as to both                              [in Class 16:
                classes of                              intellectual
                goods and                               property
                services                                newsletter;
                                                        in Class 42:
                                                        providing
                                                        information in
                                                        the field of
                                                        intellectual
                                                        property via
                                                        websites on
                                                        global computer
                                                        networks]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "EXCELLENCE
                Affirmed                                IN ACTION"
                                                        [transportation
                                                        of freight by
                                                        truck]


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

"TROPEZ"                                        No
(in stylized form)
[face powder,
lipstick, mascara,
rouge, eyeshadow,
lip covering, lip gloss,
liquid facial make-up,
nail polish, nail
hardener, nail polish
remover, eyebrow
pencils, etc.]

"NATURA'S"                                      No
(and design)
[concentrate
for use in the
preparation of rice
based food beverages]

                                                No

"EXCELLENCE IN MOTION"                          No
[freight transportation
services by truck]


(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