United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 30 September 2003

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

8-29            EX              76/330,586              Teknor Apex Co.

8-29            EX              76/040,747              Concurrent
                                                        Technologies Corp.


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

whether         Refusal                                 "SOIL SOAKER"
applicant's     Affirmed                                [garden hose]
mark has
acquired
distinctive-
ness under
Section 2(f)

2(d)            Refusal                                 "CONCURRENT
                Reversed                                TECHNOLOGIES
                                                        CORPORATION"
                                                        [programming
                                                        services, namely,
                                                        detection and
                                                        correction of
                                                        software bugs,
                                                        viruses and flaws;
                                                        computer software
                                                        design and
                                                        modification for
                                                        others; computer
                                                        consulting in the
                                                        field of web pages
                                                        and global
                                                        computer networks;
                                                        web site design,
                                                        creation, hosting
                                                        and maintenance;
                                                        design, configura-
                                                        tion and
                                                        administration of
                                                        computers and
                                                        computer networks]


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

                                                No

"CONCURRENT COMPUTER"                           No
(and design)
[computer systems,
sold as a unit
or individual parts,
comprising computer
hardware, computer
software, etc.;
manuals, etc. related
to computer systems,
etc.; repair,
maintenance, and
installation services
of computer systems,
etc.; training services
concerning computer
systems, etc.;
consulting and design
services relating to
systems integration
and to use of
computer systems, etc.]


(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