United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 15 August 2006

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

                               July 10-14, 2006



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

7-10            EX              78462370                The Members
                                                        Group, Inc.


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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "TMG"
                Affirmed                                (in stylized
                                                        form)
                                                        [financial
                                                        services provided
                                                        to credit unions,
                                                        namely, credit,
                                                        debit and ATM card
                                                        processing,
                                                        financial asset/
                                                        liability manage-
                                                        ment, automated
                                                        financial clearing-
                                                        house services,
                                                        share draft
                                                        financial services
                                                        and mortgage loan
                                                        services]


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

"TMG"                                           No
[real estate
brokerage services;
real estate agencies;
loan brokerage,
consulting and
services; mortgage
brokerage]


(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