United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 07 September 2004

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

8-6             EX              76007040                Riskwise
                                                        L.L.C.


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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "CHARGEBACK
                Reversed                                DEFENDER"
                                                        [providing
                                                        credit
                                                        verification and
                                                        risk assessment
                                                        services, namely,
                                                        providing
                                                        information on the
                                                        likelihood of a
                                                        credit card
                                                        transaction being
                                                        charged back to a
                                                        merchant]


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

3 cited                                         No
registrations,all
owned by the same
entity:
"BANKRUPTCY
DEFENDER"
[financial
forecasting
services,
financial research
services and
providing
financial
information
regarding
the likelihood of
individuals
declaring
bankruptcy];
"COLLECTIONS
DEFENDER"
[financial
forecasting,
financial
research,
and financial
information
services to card
issuers regarding
the likelihood of
future payments on
delinquent
accounts];
"ATTRITION
DEFENDER"
[providing
financial
forecasting,
financial
research, and
financial
information
services by
electronic means
to card issuers
regarding the
likelihood that
particular card
holders will drop
from the issuer's
portfolio]


(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