United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 28 September 2004

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

8-25            EX              76095249                Reel Efx, Inc.



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

Section 6       Refusal                                 "REEL EFX"
disclaimer      Affirmed                                [in Class 9:
requirement     in all four                             scientific
(of "EFX");     classes as                              and electronic
whether         to disclaimer                           apparatus for
applicant's     requirement                             producing special
specimens in    and in Class                            effects in the
Class 9 show    9 as to                                 advertising and
use of its      failure to                              entertainment
mark on its     show use in                             industries,
recited goods   commerce                                namely, computer
in that class                                           controlled stop
                                                        action motion
                                                        picture camera
                                                        arrays;
                                                        in Class 11:
                                                        apparatus for
                                                        producing special
                                                        effects for the
                                                        entertainment and
                                                        advertising
                                                        industries, namely,
                                                        lights, lighting,
                                                        hazers, fluids for
                                                        hazers, portable
                                                        cooling systems,
                                                        fans and inflatable
                                                        and collapsible
                                                        bodies sold as
                                                        units with fans;
                                                        in Class 35:
                                                        providing
                                                        mechanical special
                                                        effects for
                                                        the advertising
                                                        industry;
                                                        in Class 41:
                                                        providing
                                                        mechanical special
                                                        effects for the
                                                        entertainment
                                                        industry]


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