<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>CEDIA has received a
partial victory in its battle with Bose Corporation in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board over CEDIA’s federal trademark registrations in the mark “Electronic Lifestyles.” Bose Corporation sued to cancel CEDIA’s four trademarks last year, claiming that CEDIA’s “Electronic Lifestyles” mark was likely to cause confusion with Bose’s trademark registrations for the term “Lifestyle,” under which Bose markets a line of loudspeakers and music systems. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled that Bose was too late in filing its cancellation action based on “priority” and “likelihood of confusion” as to the “printed publications” category of CEDIA’s Electronic Lifestyles trademark. “Accordingly,” said the board, “[Bose’s] claim of priority and likelihood of confusion under Trademark Act Section 2(d) is hereby stricken from its amended petition for cancellation solely with regard to [CEDIA’s Printed Publications] Registration.” </FONT></P><P><FONT face=Arial size=2>[
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