United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 03 August 2004

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

6-30            OPP             91119656                Bell South
                                                        Intellectual
                                                        Property
                                                        Corporation v.
                                                        VCS Technologies
                                                        Inc.

6-30            EX              76255445                The
                                                        Administrators
                                                        of the Tulane
                                                        Educational Fund


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

2(d);           Opposition      "THE REAL               "REALCOMMERCE"
dilution        Dismissed       WHITE PAGES"            [dissemination of
                                [telephone              advertising for
                                directories];           others via on-line
                                "THE REAL               electronic commun-
                                YELLOW PAGES"           ications and
                                (in typed format        business marketing
                                and in stylized         consulting services
                                lettering)              in the field of
                                [classified             e-commerce;
                                directories;            computer services,
                                promoting the           namely, designing
                                goods and services      and implementing
                                of others through       network web pages
                                consulting on           and websites for
                                directory               others, hosting
                                advertising             the web sites of
                                programs; etc.];        others on a
                                "REAL HELP FOR          computer server
                                THE REAL WORLD"         for a global
                                [on-line                computer network;
                                classified              and technical
                                directories down-       consultation and
                                loadable from the       research in the
                                Internet];              field of
                                and a number of         electronic
                                other "REAL" marks      commerce]
                                for related
                                services

2(e)(1)         Refusal                                 "ON-LINE
                Affirmed                                MARKETPLACE"
                                                        [online retail
                                                        services featuring
                                                        clothing, novelty
                                                        gift items, books,
                                                        home furnishings,
                                                        computers, and
                                                        computer
                                                        peripherals]


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

                                                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