United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 24 April 2007

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

                          March 19-23, 2007



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

3-19            EX              78097953                Location,
                                                        Inc. Group
                                                        Corporation


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


2(d)            Refusal                                 "HOMETOWN GUIDES"
                Affirmed                                [providing a
                                                        website on a
                                                        global computer
                                                        network featuring
                                                        interactively
                                                        searchable
                                                        demographic
                                                        information related
                                                        to cities within
                                                        the U.S., namely,
                                                        demographic
                                                        information
                                                        relating to
                                                        climate, character,
                                                        economic climate,
                                                        local schools,
                                                        stores, government,
                                                        recreation, and
                                                        employment
                                                        opportunities in a
                                                        particular chosen
                                                        geographic area
                                                        and featuring the
                                                        ability to
                                                        interactively
                                                        compare various
                                                        results]


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


"THE HOME                                       No
TOWN GUIDE"
[magazine providing
maps, information,
and advertisements of
local area]


(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