Summary of Final Decisions

                                 Issued by the

                       Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

                             December 23-27, 1996


                Type            Proceeding
Date            of              or                      Party/
Issued          Case (1)        App'n No.               Parties

12-24           EX              74/517,451              Creative Enter-
                                                        prises, Inc.

12-24           EX              74/101,177              EBSCO Industries,
                                                        Inc.

                                Opposer's/              Applicant's/
                                Petitioner's            Respondent's
                TTAB            Mark and                Mark and
Issue           Decision        Goods/Services          Goods/Services

2(d)            Refusal                                 "OUTER BOUNDS"
                Affirmed                                (and design)
                                                        [t-shirts, hats,
                                                        jackets and
                                                        sweatshirts]

whether the     Refusal                                 configuration of a
configuration   Affirmed                                fishing lure
of applicant's  (on both                                [fishing lures]
goods, which    grounds)
configuration
applicant
claims as its
trademark, is
dejure
functional
and, if not,
whether the
configuration
is inherently
distinctive

Mark and
Goods of Registration                           Recommended
Cited by                                        for
Examining Atty.                                 Publication

"OUTERBOUND BY                                  No
H.M.S."
[outerwear, namely,
sweaters, stadium coats,
sweater-jackets and
jackets]

                                                Yes

(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION