United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 15 October 2002
Date Type of Proceeding Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties 9-6 OPP 116,554 Adobe Systems Inc. v. Acro Software, Inc. Opposer's/ Applicant's/ Petitioner's Respondent's TTAB Mark and Mark and Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services 2(d) Opposition a family of marks, "ACROFORM" Sustained including: [computer software (Opposer's "ACROBAT," "ADOBE for processing motion for ACROBAT," electronic format summary "ACROFORM," and forms] judgment "ACROBAT FORMS" granted) [all four marks for computer programs in the field of electronic document storage, manipulation, transfer and retrieval]; "ACROBAT EXCHANGE" [computer software for the creation, storage, manipulation, conversion, transmission, transfer, retrieval, viewing, printing, editing and annotation of documents]; "ACROBAT CAPTURE" [page recognition and rendering computer program]; "ACROBAT READER" [computer software for page recognition and rendering for use in viewing, printing, navigating, editing, annotating and indexing electronic documents, etc.]; "ACROBAT" [computer software technical support services, etc.] Mark and Citable as Goods Cited by Precedent Examining Atty. of TTAB 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