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

			  April 18-22, 2005 			   


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

4-19		CANC		92032746		U.S. Conference of 
							Catholic Bishops v. 
							Media Research 
							Center

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

2(d); 		Petition to 	"CNS" and "CNS 		"CNS NEWS.COM 
affirmative 	Cancel Denied 	NEWS" 			CYBERCAST NEWS 
defenses of 	(but not on the [providing an 		SERVICE" 
genericness 	basis of the 	on-line news 		(and design) 
or non-dis-	asserted 	service 		[computer 
tinctiveness, 	affirmative 	featuring news, 	services, 
laches and 	defenses)	cartoons, photos, 	namely, 
estoppel			etc. of interest 	providing 
				to Catholics 		information 
				and/or from a 		on-line 
				Catholic 		concerning news, 
				perspective]; 		special interest 
				"CATHOLIC NEWS 		and opinions]
				SERVICE" 
				[newsletters, 
				periodicals, and 
				brochures 
				containing 
				information about 
				current affairs, 
				including news, 
				features and 
				photographs, 
				from a Catholic 
				perspective; 
				distribution of 
				news, features, 
				and photographs 
				of current 
				events from a 
				Catholic 
				perspective via 
				a global 
				computer 
				information 
				network, postal 
				services and 
				print 
				publications]

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

