United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 10 July 2007
Date Type of Proceeding
Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties
6-6 OPP 91122072 First Niagara
OPP 91122224 Insurance Brokers,
OPP 91122193 Inc. v.
OPP 91122450 First Niagara
OPP 91122712 Financial Group,
OPP 91150237 Inc.
(On
remand
from
the
U.S.
Court
of
Appeals
for the
Federal
Circuit)
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
2(d) Oppositions "FIRST NIAGARA," "FIRST NIAGARA"
'072, '224, "FIRST NIAGARA [banking services,
and '193 INSURANCE BROKERS," insurance services
sustained and (of various sorts),
in part and "FIRST NIAGARA financial services
dismissed INSURANCE BROKERS, (of various sorts),
in part; INC." leasing services
Oppositions (and design) (of office equip-
'450, '712, [all three marks ment, construction
'237 dismissed for insurance equipment, building
brokerage services machinery, and
and other financial motor vehicles)];
services] "FIRST NIAGARA
FINANCIAL GROUP"
and
"FIRST NIAGARA"
(and design)
[both marks for
the same services
recited above];
"FIRST NIAGARA
ONLINE," "FIRST
NIAGARA BANK'S
CUSTOMER
CONNECTION LINE,"
and "FIRST NIAGARA
E-CD"
[all three marks
for banking
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