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

  Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

                           March 29 - April 2, 2004



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

3-30            EX              76354413                Gino's Jewelers

3-30            OPP             91125257                Sharp Kabushiki
                                                        Kaisha v. Micro
                                                        Sharp, Inc.

3-30            CANC            92024275                Osmosis
                                                        Technology, Inc.
                                                        v. GE Osmonics,
                                                        Inc.


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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "GINO'S JEWELERS"
                Affirmed                                (in stylized
                                                        format)
                                                        [goods in precious
                                                        metal, namely,
                                                        rings, bracelets,
                                                        watches, earrings,
                                                        necklaces, pins
                                                        being jewelry,
                                                        precious and
                                                        non-precious
                                                        gemstones]

2(d)            Opposition      "SHARP"                 "MICROSHARP"
                Sustained       [a wide variety         (and design)
                (under          of electrical           [distributorship,
                Trademark       and/or electronic       retail store, and
                Rule            products and            online retail
                2.135)          components]             services for
                                                        computer hardware
                                                        and software
                                                        products, computer
                                                        systems, and
                                                        audio-video
                                                        equipment]

2(d); fraud     Petition        "OSMOTIK"               "OSMONICS"
                to Cancel       [reverse osmosis        [fluid separation
                Denied          solvent separation      systems for water
                                or ultrafiltration      purification,
                                units used,             pollution control
                                for example, in         and fluid]
                                separating water
                                from a salt
                                solution]


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

"GINO M"                                        No
[jewelry made of
precious metals
and/or
semi-precious or
precious stones]

                                                No

                                                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