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

March 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
3-18	OPP	92,144	La Galvanina, S.P.A. v. Societe Des Eaux Azula, S. A.	Rice* Cissel Walters	2(d)	Opposition Sustained	"GALVANINA" [drinking water, namely, mineral water and water charged with gas; soft drinks; orangeades; lemonades; tonic water; and non-alcoholic soft aperitifs]	"SOURCE GALVAN" [carbonated and non-carbonated drinking water, natural spring water, carbonated and non-carbonated drinking water with natural flavors, and tonic water]			No
3-18	EX	74/492,827	Recorded Books, Inc.	Sams Simms Quinn*	genericness; distinctiveness under Sec. 2(f)	Refusal Affirmed		"RECORDED BOOKS" [pre-recorded audio tape cassettes featuring literary works]		Le	Yes
3-19	EX	74/330,908	Reilor Holdings Ltd.	Simms Hanak Walters*	de jure functionality; distinctiveness under Sec. 2(f)	Refusal Affirmed (but only on basis of lack of 2(f) distinctive-ness; configura-tion found not de jure functional)		configuration of an automatic door closer [surface-mount spring-loaded automatic door closer]		Matthews	No
3-19	EX	74/163,353	Kung Hsue She, Inc.	Simms Hanak Hohein*	genericness [doctrine of foreign equivalents]; Sec. 2(f) distinctiveness	Refusal Affirmed		"MONTAÑA" [bicycles]		C. Butler	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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