United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 23 Oct 2007
Date Type of Proceeding
Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties
9-20 EX 78359155 Jackson National
Life Insurance Co.
9-20 EX 76601255 American Fire
Apparatus, Inc.
9-20 EX 78926261 ELSA L, Inc.
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
2(d) Refusal "FUTUREGUARD"
Affirmed [annuity
underwriting
services, namely,
a guaranteed
minimum income
benefit that can
be elected by an
individual in
conjunction with
a deferred
variable annuity]
2(e)(2) Refusal "AMERICAN FIRE
Affirmed APPARATUS"
[fire trucks
and fire engines]
2(d) Refusal "SPOTLIGHT"
Affirmed [wall art,
namely, art
pictures and
prints, sold
in retail stores]
Mark and Citable as
Goods Cited by Precedent
Examining Atty. of TTAB
"FUTURE GUARD" No
[insurance
administration and
brokerage services
in the field of
group long term
care insurance]
No
"SPOTLIGHT CD" No
[mounted and
unmounted
photographs in the field
of the entertainment
industry, actors,
actresses, entertainers,
art boards, arts
associations and art
centers; and other
goods]
(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