United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 25 Dec 2007

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

11-21           CANC            92042134                Hormel Foods
                                                        Corporation and
                                                        Hormel Foods, LLC
                                                        v. Spam Arrest, LLC

11-23           EX              78537932                IDEAL
                                                        Industries, Inc.


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

2(d);           Petition        "SPAM" and a            "SPAM ARREST"
dilution        to Cancel       family of marks         [computer software,
                Dismissed       incorporating           namely, software
                                the word "SPAM"         designed to elimi-
                                [canned meat            nate unsolicited
                                product; a wide         commercial
                                variety of              electronic mail]
                                collateral
                                products and
                                services]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "62"
                Affirmed                                [twist-on
                                                        wire connectors
                                                        intended for use
                                                        by electricians,
                                                        electrical con-
                                                        tractors, and
                                                        professional
                                                        tradespeople]


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

                                                No

"SPEC 62"                                       No
[electrical
wire and cable]


(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