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