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