Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

                               March 13-17, 2000



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

3-27            EX              75/172,478              S.O.S. Corp.

3-28            EX              75/293,872              Educational
                                                        Funding Services,
                                                        Inc.

3-28            EX              74/603,891              Indena S.p.A.

3-29            EX              75/183,983              International
                                                        Business
                                                        Machines Corp.

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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "HYDRAWEB"
                Reversed                                [computer
                                                        software, routers,
                                                        and multiplexors
                                                        that serve to
                                                        redirect HTTP
                                                        calls to
                                                        heterogeneous web
                                                        servers]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "EFG"
                Affirmed                                [loan financing;
                                                        security services,
                                                        namely,
                                                        guaranteeing
                                                        loans]

whether         Refusal                                 "PHYTOSOME"
applicant's     Affirmed                                [complexes
mark is                                                 of vegetable
registrable                                             substances with
on the                                                  phospholipids for
Supplemental                                            use in the
Register                                                manufacture of
[genericness]                                           cosmetics,
                                                        pharmaceuticals
                                                        and health foods]

2(e)(1)         Refusal                                 "SURFACE LAMINAR
                Affirmed                                CIRCUIT"
                                                        [computer
                                                        hardware, namely,
                                                        printed circuit
                                                        boards and cards,
                                                        utilizing a
                                                        dielectric for
                                                        circuit design and
                                                        interconnection]

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

"HYDRA"                                         No
[interface between a
number of terminals
and a computer]

"THE EFG                                        No
CONNECTION"
[newsletter for high
school guidance
counselors and
financial aid
professionals providing
information on career
planning, college
selection, and financial
aid]

                                                No

                                                No

(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION; (MD)=MOTION
TO DISMISS; (MR)=MOTION TO REOPEN