United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 15 March 2005

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

                              February 7-11, 2005



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

2-7             EX              76400500                Gospel Music
                EX              76400501                Association

2-8             EX              76530298                Anything
                                                        Goes, Inc.


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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "GMA" and "GMA"
                Affirmed                                (and design)
                in both                                 [both marks
                cases,                                  for educational
                based on                                services, namely,
                the                                     conducting semi-
                Class 41                                nars, exhibitions,
                services                                conferences, and
                in the                                  workshops in the
                cited                                   field of gospel
                registration                            music; entertain-
                                                        ment services,
                                                        namely, organizing
                                                        and conducting
                                                        entertainment
                                                        exhibitions in the
                                                        nature of gospel
                                                        music shows;
                                                        and providing
                                                        incentives to
                                                        people to demon-
                                                        strate excellence
                                                        in the field of
                                                        gospel music
                                                        through the
                                                        issuances of
                                                        awards]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "HT"
                Affirmed                                [mail order catalog
                                                        services featuring
                                                        jewelry and online
                                                        retail services
                                                        featuring jewelry]


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

"GMA"                                           No
[in Class 41:
arranging and
conducting
educational
conferences and
seminars; and
services in
Class 42]

"HT"                                            No
(enclosed within
a triangle)
[jewelry made of
precious metals with
or without precious or
semi-precious stones]


(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