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

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

2-6             EX              76/100,804              Russo & Hale LLP

2-6             EX              75/935,479              Wintrust
                                                        Financial Corp.


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

genericness;    Refusal                                 "COMPUTERLAW.COM"
whether, if     Affirmed                                [legal services]
not generic,
applicant's
mark has
acquired dis-
tinctiveness
under
Section 2(f)

2(d)            Refusal                                 "NORTHBROOK BANK
                Affirmed                                & TRUST COMPANY"
                as to both                              [banking services]
                cited
                registrations


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

                                                No

2 cited registrations,                          No
both owned by the
same entity and both
registrations for the
mark "NORTH BROOK "
(and design)
[one registration for:
insurance services and
property and casualty
loss control services
and the other
registration for:
commercial and
liability insurance
administration
services, underwriting
and administration
services in the fields
of life insurance and
annuities]


(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