United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 14 December 2004

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

11-10           EX              78145553                Edward Lowe
(corrected                                              Foundation
copy mailed
11-12)

11-10           OPP             91122676                Miss Universe
                OPP             91124156                L.P., LLLP v.
                                                        Rainbow
                                                        Productions and
                                                        Publications, Inc.

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

2(e)(1)         Refusal                                 "PEERNET"
                Affirmed                                [providing
                                                        computerized
                                                        online databases
                                                        featuring online
                                                        peer group
                                                        directories in
                                                        the field of
                                                        entrepreneurs,
                                                        business surveys
                                                        used to understand
                                                        the needs and
                                                        issues of
                                                        entrepreneurial
                                                        peer groups,
                                                        directories of
                                                        those wishing to
                                                        ask entrepreneurial
                                                        and business
                                                        related questions
                                                        of each other; and
                                                        articles and
                                                        information in the
                                                        field of and
                                                        relating to
                                                        entrepreneurial and
                                                        business
                                                        development issues]

2(d)            Opposition      a family of marks,      "MISS T-GIRL USA"
                Sustained       including               [entertainment
                in both cases   "MISS USA,"             services in the
                (by default     "MISS TEEN USA,         nature of promoting
                in 91124156)    and variants of         and conducting gay
                                these marks having      beauty pageants]
                                fifty state              and
                                designations, e.g.,     "MISS DRAGQUEEN
                                "MISS [STATE] USA"      USA"
                                [all marks for          [entertainment
                                beauty pageants         services in the
                                and promotional         nature of
                                goods related to        conducting gay
                                beauty pageants]        beauty pageants]

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