United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 16 April 2002

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

3-8             EX              75/501,608              Mine Safety
                                                        Appliances Co.

3-8             EX              75/575,781              Modular
                                                        International,
                                                        Inc.

3-8             OPP             110,800                 Deutsche Telekom
                                                        A.G. v. GTE Corp.


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

2(e)(1);        Refusal                                 "WORKMASK"
whether         Reversed                                [safety equipment,
applicant's                                             namely, self-con-
mark has                                                tained breathing
become                                                  apparatus]
distinctive
under
Section 2(f)

2(e)(1)         Refusal                                 "LINEAIRE"
                Affirmed                                [recessed wall and
                                                        ceiling electric
                                                        lighting fixtures]

2(d)            Opposition      "T-ACCESS"              "GTE ACCESS"
                Dismissed       [a variety of           [telephone
                                telecommunica-          calling card
                                tions-related           services;
                                goods and               telephone
                                services, in-           communication
                                cluding elec-           services]
                                tronic, electric
                                and digital
                                transmission of
                                voice, data,
                                information,
                                images, signals
                                and messages]


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

                                                Yes

                                                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