United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 05 April 2005

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

3-2             EX              78183355                Major League
                EX              78183381                Baseball
                                                        Properties, Inc.


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

2(e)(1), as     Refusal                                 "THE BASEBALL
to the '355     Reversed                                CHANNEL" and
application;    in both                                 "MLB TV THE
Section 6       cases                                   BASEBALL CHANNEL"
disclaimer                                              [both marks for
requirement                                             entertainment
(of THE                                                 services, namely,
BASEBALL                                                baseball games,
CHANNEL),                                               competitions and
as to the                                               exhibitions ren-
'381                                                    dered live, through
application                                             broadcast media
[Note: In                                               including TV and
the'355                                                 radio and via a
application,                                            global computer
applicant                                               network or a
submitted a                                             commercial on-line
disclaimer of                                           service; providing,
BASEBALL,                                               producing and dis-
and in the                                              tributing program-
'381                                                    ming for others in
application,                                            the nature of
applicant                                               baseball games,
submitted a                                             competitions, and
disclaimer of                                           exhibitions and
TV and                                                  providing informa-
BASEBALL.]                                              tion in the field
                                                        of sports and
                                                        entertainment, all
                                                        through broadcast
                                                        media including TV
                                                        and radio and via a
                                                        global computer
                                                        network or a com-
                                                        mercial on-line
                                                        services; education
                                                        services in the
                                                        nature of baseball
                                                        skills instruction]


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