United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 27 March 2007
Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
February 19-23, 2007
Date Type of Proceeding
Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties
2-20 OPP 91162261 Hearst
(SJ) Communications, Inc.
v. TVNess, LLC
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
2(d) Opposition "COSMOPOLITAN" "COSMO PARTY"
Sustained [magazines [in Class 35:
as to all published monthly providing consumer
three or at other product information
classes intervals]; over global
(opposer's "COSMO GIRL!" computer communica-
motion [providing an tions networks,
for interactive on-line particularly
summary computer database concerning products
judgment featuring portions in the field of
granted) of various dating, parties,
magazines and and event planning;
articles and in Class 41:
illustrative entertainment
materials in the services, namely
fields of personal providing on-line
relationships, information con-
beauty and fashion, cerning services,
health and fitness, events, and
personal hygiene, locations in the
stars and enter- field of parties,
tainment news, events, discussion
and life and work]; and entertainment;
and other marks providing and
comprising or organizing parties
incorporating and events
the words planning;
COSMOPOLITAN or in Class 45:
COSMO, for a wide providing on-line
range of goods and computer dating
services related to services, and
the above-recited other services]
goods and services]
Mark and Citable as
Goods Cited by Precedent
Examining Atty. of TTAB
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