United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 17 October 2006

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

9-12            EX              78536363                National Affinity
                                                        Group, LLC

9-12            OPP             91159338                Giocar America,
                                                        Inc. v. Braking
                                                        Italia, s.r.l.


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

2(d)            Refusal         "AFFINITY GROUP THE     2 cited
                Affirmed        RESOURCEFUL BUSINESS    registrations, both
                as to both      PARTNERS"               owned by the same
                cited           (and design             entity:
                registrations   incorporating a         "AFFINITY" and
                                stylized letter "A")    "AFFINITY"
                                [professional services, (in stylized
                                namely, employment      lettering)
                                hiring, recruiting,     [both marks for:
                                placement, staffing and business consulting
                                career networking       services;
                                services; business      procurement
                                project management;     services, namely,
                                business management     purchasing computer
                                consultation; business  software, telephone
                                consulting services     services [or long
                                relating to             distance telephone
                                distribution solutions] services], bill
                                                        paying services,
                                                        inventory
                                                        management
                                                        services, and
                                                        Internet
                                                        connectivity
                                                        services for
                                                        others; retail
                                                        store services in
                                                        the field of office
                                                        supplies, computer
                                                        software, and
                                                        business products;
                                                        operation of
                                                        businesses for
                                                        others, namely,
                                                        on-in retail stores
                                                        in a wide variety
                                                        of fields]

2(d)            Opposition      "WAVE"                  "WAVE"
                Sustained       [brake rotors for       [brake discs for
                                vehicles]               land vehicles]


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

                                                No

                                                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