United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 07 May 2002

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

                               March 25-29, 2002



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

3-26            EX              75/829,220              Alpha Analytics
                                                        Investment Group,
                                                        LLC

3-26            OPP             120,101                 Enterprise
                (SJ)                                    Rent-A-Car Co.
                                                        v. Advantage
                                                        Rent-A-Car, Inc.

3-27            EX              75/199,511              Milano Hat
                                                        Co., Inc.

3-27            OPP             114,186                 Missing Children
                                                        Minnesota v.
                                                        Run*Yell*Tell,
                                                        Ltd.



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

Section 6       Refusal                                 "ALPHA ANALYTICS
disclaimer      Affirmed                                DIGITAL FUTURE
requirement                                             FUND"
(of the words                                           [financial
ALPHA                                                   services, namely,
ANALYTICS)                                              investment
                                                        advisory
                                                        services and
                                                        mutual fund
                                                        investment
                                                        services]

Res Judicata    Opposition      "WE'LL PICK             "WE'LL EVEN PICK
as to           Dismissed       YOU UP"                 YOU UP"
Dilution        (Applicant's    [rental and             [rental and
                motion for      leasing of              leasing of
                summary judg-   vehicles]               vehicles]
                ment granted)

2(e)(3);        Refusal                                 "MILANO"
2(a)            Affirmed                                (and design)
[geograph-      on both                                 [western wear,
ically          grounds                                 namely, shirts]
deceptive]

2(d)            Opposition      "RUN, YELL &            "RUN YELL TELL
                Sustained       TELL!"                  ANTENNA POWER"
                                [educational            (and design)
                                services, namely,       [instructional
                                conducting              services, namely,
                                abduction               providing work-
                                prevention safety       shops featuring
                                workshops for           child protection
                                parents and             and safety]
                                children and
                                distributing
                                related program
                                material in the
                                nature of books,
                                song and music
                                sheets,
                                instructor's
                                presenter's
                                manuals, posters,
                                and videotapes]



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

                                                Yes

                                                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