United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 18 April 2006

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

                               March 13-17, 2006



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

3-13            EX              78344449                Slater
                EX              78344467

3-13            EX              76142267                First Union
                EX              76142450                Corporation


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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "THE LAKESHORE
                Affirmed                                GUY" and
                in both                                 "LAKESHORE PLUS"
                cases                                   [both marks for
                                                        real estate
                                                        services, namely,
                                                        real estate agency
                                                        services for
                                                        sellers and buyers
                                                        of real estate]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "COMPASS ADVISORY
                Affirmed                                PROGRAM" and
                in both                                 "COMPASS PORTFOLIO
                cases on                                PROGRAM"
                the basis                               [both marks
                of both                                 for investment
                cited                                   advice, namely,
                registrations                           annuity
                                                        counseling, mutual
                                                        fund counseling
                                                        and investment
                                                        counseling]


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

"LAKESHORE INVESTMENT                           No
CORPORATION"
[real estate and property
management and leasing services]

2 cited registrations,                          No
owned by different entities:
"COMPASS-G"
(and design)
[managing group annuity
funds for qualified and
non-qualified retirement plans]
and
"COMPASS BROKERAGE"
(and design incorporating
the letter "C")
[financial services, namely,
stock and mutual fund brokerage
services, investment banking
services, financial planning
services and asset management
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