United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 30 July 2002

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

6-18            CANC            27,885                  Arleen
                CANC            28,047                  Freeman v.
                                                        National
                                                        Association
                                                        of Realtors


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

genericness;    Petition                                "REALTOR" and
affirmative     to Cancel                               "REALTORS"
defense of      Denied in                               [collective
licensee        both cases                              membership mark
estoppel        on the                                  registrations,
                basis of                                indicating
                licensee                                registrant's ex-
                estoppel;                               ercise of
                the Board                               legitimate control
                "need not                               over use of the
                decide the                              marks for
                substantiv                              "brokerage of real
                e issue of                              estate, industrial
                genericness"                            brokerage, farm
                                                        brokerage, mort-
                                                        gage brokerage, in
                                                        the appraisal of
                                                        real estate,
                                                        management of real
                                                        estate, in the
                                                        building of
                                                        structures on real
                                                        estate, in the
                                                        subdivision of
                                                        real estate
                                                        properties, and in
                                                        community planning
                                                        for the develop-
                                                        ment of raw land
                                                        and slum clearance
                                                        areas]


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

                                                Yes


(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