United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 16 January 2007

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

12-12           EX              78304641                Vertelink
                                                        Corporation

12-14           EX              76567513                Ubiquitous
                                                        Industries, Inc.


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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "VECTOR ACCESS
                Affirmed                                TECHNOLOGY"
                                                        [medical devices,
                                                        namely, portable
                                                        alignment devices
                                                        that hook onto
                                                        screws implanted
                                                        into spines for
                                                        subcutaneously
                                                        positioning
                                                        guidewires through
                                                        bone anchors,
                                                        hooks, guidewires,
                                                        screws, anchors,
                                                        implants, and
                                                        surgical
                                                        instruments]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "UCS DUNGAREE CO."
                Affirmed                                and design
                as to both                              incorporating
                cited                                   U, C, S, D, and Co.
                registrations                           [clothing, namely,
                                                        jeans, pants,
                                                        shorts, tops,
                                                        skirts, jackets,
                                                        coats, headwear,
                                                        and footwear]


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

"VECTOR"                                        No
[orthopedic implants
and prosthesis,
namely, a fracture
fixation device]

2 cited registrations,                          No
owned by different
entities:
"UCS"
(in stylized form)
[clothing, namely, coats,
footwear, hats, jackets,
pants, shirts, skirts;
and other goods];
"UCS"
[shoes, namely, leather
shoes, boots, lounge
shoes, sports shoes;
and other goods]


(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