United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 22 June 2004

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

5-19            EX              76251568                Thor Tech, Inc.

5-19            OPP             91124058                Robert Bosch GmbH
                (SJ)                                    v. Jun Wang

5-20            EX              75980346                Northland Seed
                                                        & Grain Corp.


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

2(e)(1);        Refusal                                 "TAXIVAN"
whether         Affirmed                                [motor vehicles
identification  (on                                     modified for use
of goods is     2(e)(1)                                 by able-bodied,
acceptable      ground                                  physically
                only)                                   disabled or
                                                        otherwise trans-
                                                        portationally
                                                        disadvantaged
                                                        people, namely,
                                                        passenger vehicles
                                                        with wheelchair
                                                        lifts, ramps,
                                                        and/or lowered
                                                        floors, and motor
                                                        vehicle retrofit
                                                        conversion
                                                        packages to modify
                                                        passenger vehicles
                                                        with wheelchair
                                                        lifts]

whether         Opposition      "BOSCH"                 "BOSHI"
applicant       Sustained       [automotive goods       [rearview and
used its mark   (Opposer's      and services]           sideview mirrors
in commerce     motion for                              for auto vehicles,
before the      summary                                 e.g., automobiles,
filing date     judgment                                trucks, buses]
of its          granted)
application

2(d)            Refusal                                 "NORTHLAND
                Affirmed                                SEED & GRAIN"
                                                        [transportation
                                                        by freight, train
                                                        and truck and
                                                        storage of seeds
                                                        and grain]


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

                                                No

                                                No

2 cited registrations,                          No
both owned by the
same entity:
"NORTHLAND EXPRESS
TRANSPORT" and
"N NORTHLAND
EXPRESS TRANSPORT"
(and design)
[both marks for freight
transportation of
goods by truck and
freight brokerage services]


(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