United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 04 May 2004

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

3-31            OPP             91118745                Sharp Kabushiki
                                                        Kaisha v.
                                                        ThinkSharp, Inc.


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

2(d)            Opposition      "SHARP"                 "THINKSHARP"
                Dismissed       [a wide variety         [in Class 16:
                as to both      of electrical           computer software
                classes of      and/or electronic       for use as educa-
                goods and       products and            tion programs in
                services        components]             the fields of
                                                        problem solving
                                                        and critical
                                                        thinking, pre-
                                                        recorded video-
                                                        cassette tapes
                                                        featuring educa-
                                                        tion programs in
                                                        the field of
                                                        problem solving
                                                        and critical
                                                        thinking; and
                                                        CD-ROMS contain-
                                                        ing education
                                                        programs;
                                                        in Class 41:
                                                        educational
                                                        services, namely,
                                                        providing informa-
                                                        tion, conducting
                                                        educational
                                                        seminars and
                                                        distributing edu-
                                                        cation materials
                                                        via classroom
                                                        instruction, the
                                                        Internet, and
                                                        satellite trans-
                                                        mission, in the
                                                        fields of problem
                                                        solving and
                                                        critical thinking]


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