United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 11 March 2003

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

2-4             OPP             111,729                 The Toro Co. v.
                                                        GrassMasters, Inc.

2-4             CANC            92030454                Nobelle.com, LLC
                                                        v. Qwest
                                                        Communications
                                                        Int'l., Inc.


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

2(d)            Opposition      "LAWN-BOY"              "LAWN PUP"
                Dismissed       [lawn mowers,           [lawn mowers]
                                lawn mower blades,
                                grass catcher bags
                                and various
                                attachments to
                                lawn mowers;
                                lubricants and
                                fuel conditioning
                                additives, and
                                other goods and
                                services relating
                                to lawn mowers;
                                various education-
                                al services
                                relating to the
                                maintenance and
                                repair of internal
                                combustion engines
                                and lawn mowers];
                                "SNOW PUP"
                                [snow plows;
                                printed materials
                                for snow throwers
                                and snow plows
                                such as owner's
                                manuals and
                                parts catalogs]

genericness;    Petition                                design mark
abandonment;    to Cancel                               consisting of
whether         Denied                                  the stylized
cancellation                                            representation of
petitioner                                              a bell within a
has standing                                            circle [telecom-
                                                        munications
                                                        services]


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

                                                Yes

                                                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