United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 05 October 2004

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

8-31            EX              76329978                Curriculum
                                                        Associates,
                                                        Inc.

8-31            OPP             91123924                Novartis Corp.
                                                        v. David M. Brady

8-31            EX              76394882                Shelly Brady Koontz

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

2(d);           Refusal                                 "QUICK-STUDY"
whether         Affirmed                                [printed
applicant's     under 2(d)                              educational
mark as         but not as to                           materials for
shown in its    requirement for                         assisting students
drawing is a    new specimens                           to learn
substantially                                           elementary school
exact                                                   subjects, namely,
representation                                          mathematics,
of the mark                                             reading,
shown on its                                            vocabulary,
specimens of                                            science and social
use                                                     studies]
[mutilation]

2(d)            Opposition      "RITALIN"               "RITALOUT"
                Sustained       [pharmaceutical         [nutritional
                                preparation             supplement]
                                having a
                                stimulating effect]
                                and
                                "RITALIN SR"
                                [pharmaceutical
                                preparation having
                                a stimulating
                                action]

2(e)(1)         Refusal                                 "ONE MINUTE
                Affirmed                                WORKOUT"
                                                        [pre-recorded
                                                        videotapes and
                                                        DVDs featuring
                                                        exercise programs
                                                        wherein a
                                                        plurality of
                                                        exercise movements
                                                        are successively
                                                        displayed, each
                                                        for a predetermined
                                                        period of time, in
                                                        series to form the
                                                        exercise program]

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

"QUICK STUDY"                                   No
(in stylized lettering)
[printed reference charts
on a variety of college
subjects]

                                                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