United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 04 January 2005

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

                        November 29 - December 3, 2004



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

11-29           EX              76143855                The Board of
                                                        Trustees of the
                                                        University of
                                                        Alabama and Auburn
                                                        University

11-29           EX              76221529                Casino Data Systems
                (R)

11-29           OPP             91113921                Citicorp v. Morley
                (R)                                     Companies, Inc.


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

whether the     Refusal                                 "IRON BOWL"
mark applicant  Affirmed                                (and design)
seeks to        in both                                 [in Class 25:
register is a   classes                                 clothing, namely,
substantially                                           t-shirts; in Class
exact                                                   41: entertainment
representation                                          services, namely,
of the mark                                             arranging and
shown on its                                            conducting athletic
specimens of                                            events]
use
                                                        "BIG SHOT"
2(d)            Request for                             [gaming devices,
                Reconsideration                         namely, gaming
                Denied                                  machines and
                (Refusal                                computer game
                Affirmed)                               software therefor]

2(d)            Request for     "CHOICE"                "CHOICES UNLIMITED"
                Reconsideration [credit card services]  [debit card
                Denied                                  services]
                (Opposition
                Sustained)


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

                                                No

"BIG SHOT 21"                                   No
[apparatus for playing casino card games
featuring a progressive jackpot, said
apparatus comprising a modified card
table, computer, computer monitors and
displays, and associated computer
software]

                                                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