United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 11 June 2002

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

4-30            EX              75/650,282              IDG Books
                                                        Worldwide, Inc.

4-30            EX              78/007,276              Hitachi Software
                                                        Engineering
                                                        Co., Ltd.

4-30            EX              75/110,434              CompUSA
                                                        Management Co.


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

whether the     Refusal                                 "WEBMEDIA"
drawing of      Reversed                                [books in the field
the mark is a                                           of computers,
substantially                                           communications and
exact                                                   information
representation                                          technology]
of the mark
shown in the
specimens of
use--i.e.,
whether the
specimens
demonstrate
trademark
use of the
mark sought
to be
registered on
the Supp. Reg.
[mutilation]

2(e)(1)         Refusal                                 "SHAREWIZARD"
                under 2(e)(1)                           [computer
                Affirmed,                               application
                but applicant's                         software used by
                alternative                             business for
                amendment to                            telephone
                the Supp. Reg.                          conference and
                accepted                                network conference
                                                        connections]

2(e)(1)         Refusal                                 "THE COMPUTER
[genericness]   Affirmed                                SUPERSTORE"
                                                        [retail store
                                                        services in the
                                                        field of computers,
                                                        computer products,
                                                        and computer
                                                        accessories]


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

                                                No

                                                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