Summary of Final Decisions

                                 Issued by the

                       Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

                               January 5-9, 1998


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

1-6             OPP             96,771                  Office Express,
                                                        Inc. v. Indepen-
                                                        dent Stationers,
                                                        Inc.

1-6             EX              74/620,616              Sports Heritage,
                                                        U.S.A. Inc.

1-7             EX              75/020,313              Calrio Corp.

1-7             EX              74/657,225              Integrated Health,
                                                        Inc.

1-8             EX              74/508,101              Deutsche Star GmbH

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

2(d)            Opposition      "OFFICE EXPRESS"        "OFFICE PLUS
                Sustained       [retail store           EXPRESS"
                                services in             [retail and mail
                                the field of            order store ser-
                                office products]        vices in the
                                                        fields of office
                                                        supplies, furni-
                                                        ture and office
                                                        equipment, and
                                                        computers and com-
                                                        puter equipment;
                                                        catalog services
                                                        featuring office
                                                        supplies, furni-
                                                        ture and office
                                                        equipment, and
                                                        computers and com-
                                                        puter equipment;
                                                        printing and de-
                                                        signing business
                                                        cards, forms and
                                                        rubber stamps for
                                                        others]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "BOSTON
                Affirmed                                PILGRIMS"
                                                        [t-shirts, sweat-
                                                        shirts, jerseys,
                                                        hats/caps, sport
                                                        shirts, and
                                                        jackets]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "LADY ESSENCE"
                Affirmed                                [body shapers]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "VIVA LIFT"
                Affirmed                                [nutritional
                (as to both                             supplements, name-
                cited regis-                            ly, vitamins,
                trations)                               amino acids and
                                                        combinations of
                                                        same]

2(e)(1)         Refusal                                 "RAIL SEAL"
                Reversed                                [cover strips for
                                                        linear bearing
                                                        rails]

Mark and                                        Citable as
Goods Cited by                                  Precedent
Examining Atty.                                 of TTAB

                                                No

"PILGRIM"                                       No
[shirts, pants, jackets,
sweaters, coats, shorts,
skirts, dresses, blouses
and hats]

"ESSENCE"                                       No
[panty hose and t-shirts]

"VIVA SHIELD"                                   No
[vitamins and food
supplements] and
"VIVA FOR LIFE"
[vitamins and food
supplements]

                                                No

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