SUMMARY OF FINAL DECISIONS ISSUED BY THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD

February 17-21, 1997

Date Issued	Type of Case(1)	Proceeding or Appn. No.	Party or Parties	TTAB Panel(2)	Issue	TTAB Decision	Opposer's or Petitioner's Mark and Goods or Services	Applicant's or Respondent's Mark and Goods or Services	Mark and Goods Cited by Examining Attorney	Examining Attorney	Citable as Precedent of TTAB
2-13**	EX	74/263,770	DJS Associates, Inc.	Cissel Hairston* Walters	2(e)(1); Section 2(f) distinctiveness	Refusal Affirmed (on both grounds)		"EXPERT NETWORK" [business investigations; educational services, namely, conducting seminars and lectures in the field of engineering and scientific methods and procedures; accident investigations, private investigations; technical consultation in the fields of engineering, science and computers and expert testimony rendered in conjunction therewith]		Stine	No
2-19	OPP	92,712	Laboratoires Dermo-Cosmetik, Inc. v. Beauty-cology, Inc.	Rice Simms Walters*	2(d)	Opposition Dismissed	"G.M. COLLIN--PARIS" (and design incorporating a stylized female form) [skin care products, etc.]	design mark (incorporating a stylized female form) [skin care products, etc.]			No
2-19	EX EX EX	74/527,954 74/527,963 74/527,965	Circon Corp.	Rice Seeherman Hairston*	2(e)(1)	Refusal Affirmed (in all three cases)		"SNAP-IN SNAP-OUT" (same mark in all three applications) [gynecological resectoscope systems; medical devices for laparoscopy; medical devices for thoracoscopy; etc.]		Michos	No

(1) EX=Ex Parte Appeal; OPP=Opposition; CANC=Cancellation; CU=Concurrent Use; (SJ)=Summary Judgment; (R)=Request for Reconsideration

(2) *=Opinion Writer; (D)=Dissenting Panel Member

**This decision was inadvertently omitted from the Summary of Final Decisions for the week of February 10-14, 1997.

SUMMARY OF FINAL DECISIONS ISSUED BY THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD

February 17-21, 1997 (continued)

Date Issued	Type of Case(1)	Proceeding or Appn. No.	Party or Parties	TTAB Panel(2)	Issue	TTAB Decision	Opposer's or Petitioner's Mark and Goods or Services	Applicant's or Respondent's Mark and Goods or Services	Mark and Goods Cited by Examining Attorney	Examining Attorney	Citable as Precedent of TTAB
2-20	EX (R) EX (R) EX (R) EX (R)	74/107,141 74/330,369 74/390,769 74/391,199	Orange Communica-tions, Inc.	Sams Rice Simms*	de jure functionality (of color)	Request for reconsider-ation denied as untimely [Refusal Affirmed (in all four cases)]		the color orange and the color yellow applied across the surface of applicant’s goods [pay telephones and pay telephone booths]]		Rupp	No

(1) EX=Ex Parte Appeal; OPP=Opposition; CANC=Cancellation; CU=Concurrent Use; (SJ)=Summary Judgment; (R)=Request for Reconsideration

(2) *=Opinion Writer; (D)=Dissenting Panel Member

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