United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 06 December 2005

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

11-1            EX              78171205                The Association of
                                                        Chartered Certified
                                                        Accountants


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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "ACCA"
                Affirmed                                (in stylized form)
                as to all four                          [in Class 9: a
                classes, on                             number of goods,
                the basis of                            including
                both cited                              information stored
                registrations                           in or on
                [Note:                                  electronic,
                Registration                            magnetic and/or
                was not                                 optical means,
                refused as to                           namely, electronic
                the services                            databases recorded
                in a fifth                              on computer media
                class                                   featuring
                (Class 36)]                             instructional and
                                                        educational
                                                        information in the
                                                        fields of
                                                        accounting, finance
                                                        and business
                                                        studies; in Class
                                                        16: printed matter
                                                        (of various sorts),
                                                        all featuring
                                                        information in the
                                                        fields of
                                                        accounting, finance
                                                        and business
                                                        studies]; in Class
                                                        35: accounting
                                                        services;
                                                        cooperative
                                                        advertising and
                                                        marketing services;
                                                        employment hiring
                                                        and recruiting
                                                        services; and other
                                                        services; in Class
                                                        41: training and
                                                        teaching services
                                                        in the fields of
                                                        accounting, finance
                                                        and business
                                                        studies; conducting
                                                        conferences in the
                                                        fields of
                                                        accounting,
                                                        finance, and
                                                        business studies;
                                                        and other services]


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

2 cited registrations,                          No
both owned by the same
entity: "ACCA" and "ACCA
AMERICAN CORPORATE
COUNSEL ASSOCIATION"
(and design)
[both marks for: in Class 9:
downloadable electronic
publications (of several
kinds) in the field law;
in Class 16: trade journals
for corporate counsel; and
other goods; in Class 35:
providing on-line
information clearing house
services in the field of
law; and other services;
in Class 41: educational
services provided via
Internet (and otherwise) in
the field of law; and other
services; in Class 42:
association services
(of various sorts) for
corporate counsel;
providing an on-line
database in the field
of law; and other services]


(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