United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 24 August 2004

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

7-21            EX              76233338                Texas
                                                        Instruments Inc.

7-21            OPP             91117260                The Manhattan
                                                        Short Film
                                                        Festival v.
                                                        Paul Schulz


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

whether the     Refusal                                 an elongated
matter          Affirmed                                rectangle in
asserted for    as to both                              which the shorter
registration    classes                                 left portion is
functions as                                            black and the
a mark, i.e.,                                           longer right
whether the                                             portion is red
matter is                                               [in Class 9:
inherently                                              computer software
distinctive as                                          used for program-
a trademark                                             ming digital
                                                        signal processors;
                                                        in Class 42:
                                                        computer services,
                                                        namely, providing
                                                        search engines for
                                                        obtaining data
                                                        from the Internet]

whether         Opposition                              "THE MANHATTAN 5
opposer,        Sustained                               SHORT FILM
rather than                                             FESTIVAL"
applicant,                                              (and design)
owns the                                                [conducting
mark                                                    entertainment
applicant                                               exhibitions in
seeks to                                                the nature of
register                                                motion picture
                                                        film festivals
                                                        and contests]

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