A member of this site alerted me to this case at the TTAB (Trademark Trial and Appeal Board): http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?qs=75429699
In short, Autodesk wants the TTAB to cancel the "OPENDWG" trademark currently registered to the Open Design Alliance (there are actually six different registrations being contested, all for the same mark). You can read the filings directly on the USPTO web site. The original petition is here: http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=92047002&pty=CAN&eno=1. The parties are currently in the discovery phase, with testimony to begin Novermber 16, 2007, and to continue until February 29, 2008.
The January 18, 2007 filing date of this petition indicates that it was done just as the trademark infringement lawsuit was ge ...