United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 02 November 2004

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

9-29            EX              75716024                Donald S. Dowden

9-29            EX              76411149                Independent Media
                                                        Marketing, Inc.

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

2(e)(1)         Refusal                                 "FEDERAL LAW
                Affirmed                                PUBLISHING"
                                                        [publication of
                                                        newsletters
                                                        featuring
                                                        information on
                                                        intellectual
                                                        property law]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "WARD
                Affirmed                                LAFRANCE"
                as to all cited                         [fire trucks and                                                        "WARD LAFRANCE"
                registrations                           fire truck
                                                        parts, namely,
                                                        body structural
                                                        parts for fire
                                                        trucks]

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

                                                No

5 cited                                         No
registrations,
all owned by the
same entity:
"AMERICAN
LAFRANCE"
(and design)
[fire trucks and
fire truck parts,
namely, body
structural parts
for fire trucks];
"AMERICAN
LAFRANCE EAGLE"
[fire trucks and
fire truck parts,
namely, cabs,
chassis, and body
structural parts
for fire trucks];
"AMERICAN
LAFRANCE"
[truck parts and
components,
namely, cabs,
chassis, and body
structural parts];
"AMERICAN
LAFRANCE"
(and design)
[fire engine
trucks comprising
pumping engines
and ladders];
"AMERICAN
LAFRANCE"
[engine driven
fire apparatus]

(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