United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 24 April 2007

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

3-22            EX              75722091                The Council on
                                                        Certification
                                                        of Nurse
                                                        Anesthetists

3-22            OPP             91120915                The Cool Girls,
                                                        Inc. v. Idea
                                                        Nuova, Inc.

3-22            EX              78652190                Polaris
                                                        Industries

3-22            EX              78454750                NovAtel Inc.

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

whether the     Refusal                                 "CRNA"
matter          Affirmed                                [certification
applicant       but only on the                         mark for
seeks to        ground of lack                          certifying that a
register        of acquired                             person is a
functions as    distinctiveness                         registered nurse
a certification under Section                           who has met
mark;           2(f)                                    certain
genericness;                                            predetermined and
whether                                                 objective
applicant's                                             standards and
mark has                                                requirements for
acquired                                                providing a wide
distinctiveness                                         range of nurse
under Section                                           anesthesia services
2(f)                                                    listed in the
                                                        application for
                                                        registration]

2(d)            Opposition      "COOL GIRLS"            "COOL GIRLS"
                Dismissed       [conducting a           [lamps and
                                girls club for          novelty lighting
                                low income and          fixtures]
                                underprivileged
                                girls offering
                                various programs,
                                workshops,
                                tutoring, course
                                materials, etc.]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "BLACKHAWK"
                Affirmed                                [all terrain
                                                        vehicles and
                                                        structural parts
                                                        therefor]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "FLEXPAK"
                Affirmed                                [global
                                                        positioning
                                                        receivers]

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

                                                Yes

                                                No

"BLACKHAWK"                                     No
(and design)
[motor vehicle
accessories,
namely, shock
absorbers]

"FLEXPAC"                                       No
[electrical
interconnection
system, namely,
electrical cable,
connectors,
sockets and pins]

(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