United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 08 February 2005

  Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

                           January 3-7, 2005



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

1-3             EX              76431612                Snelling and
                                                        Snelling, Inc.

1-4             EX              76351811                Daniel Zaharoni

1-4             EX              76393570                Place Vendome
                                                        Holding Co., Inc.

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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "CHECKS PLUS"
                Affirmed                                (and design)
                                                        [payroll
                                                        preparation and
                                                        preparing
                                                        payroll related
                                                        business reports
                                                        for others]

2(a)            Refusal                                 "THE COMPLETE
[immoral or     Affirmed                                A**HOLE'S GUIDE
scandalous                                              TO . . . "
matter]                                                 [series of books
                                                        providing
                                                        information
                                                        relating to
                                                        advice,
                                                        counseling,
                                                        self-help, and
                                                        humor]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "STRATFORD HOME
                Affirmed                                ACCENTS"
                in all three                            [in Class 11:
                classes                                 decorative home
                                                        furnishings,
                                                        namely,
                                                        lamps;
                                                        in Class 20:
                                                        decorative home
                                                        furnishings,
                                                        namely, pillows
                                                        and shelves;
                                                        in Class 24:
                                                        decorative home
                                                        furnishings,
                                                        namely, fabric
                                                        table runners,
                                                        curtains and
                                                        curtain
                                                        tie-backs]

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

"PAYCHECK$                                      No
PLUS"
(and design)
[payroll
services,
namely,
providing
clients with
payroll returns
such as Form 941
and 940, Form
W-2 and other
state forms]

                                                No

"STRATFORD"                                     No
[upholstered
furniture]

(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