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

                                May 22-26, 2000



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

5-22            OPP             88,475                  Joseph Davis
                (R)                                     Suthern v. Federal
                                                        Ideas, Inc.

5-23            EX              75/312,367              Brass-Craft Mfg.
                                                        Co.

5-23            EX              75/308,771              Empire Funding
                                                        Corp.

5-23            EX              75/268,823              Advance Paradigm,
                                                        Inc.

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

2(d)            Request for     "DRUGBUSTERS"           "DRUGBUSTERS"
                Reconsidera-    [posters; associa-      [toy playsets for
                tion Denied     tion services,          use with action
                [Opposition     namely, promoting       figures and
                Sustained]      drug awareness and      containing action
                                opposition to drug      figures, toy
                                abuse via               miniature barn,
                                educational and         toy vehicles, toy
                                entertainment           guns and toy
                                programs featuring      police badge]
                                instruction,
                                speeches, music,
                                distribution of
                                literature and
                                recordings, and
                                the like]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "SPEEDI PLUMB
                Affirmed                                PLUS"
                                                        [connector
                                                        hose for plumbing
                                                        products primarily
                                                        of non-metal
                                                        material]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "EMPIRE FUNDING"
                Affirmed                                [financial
                                                        services, namely,
                                                        providing secured
                                                        and unsecured
                                                        consumer and home
                                                        improvement loans]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "ADVANCE
                Reversed                                PARADIGM"
                                                        (and design)
                                                        [providing
                                                        cost management
                                                        programs and
                                                        services for
                                                        health benefit
                                                        plans for others]

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

                                                No

"PLUMB PLUS"                                    No
[valves for use in
conjunction with
plumbing tubing and
supply tubes for
plumbing]

"THE EMPIRE                                     No
NATIONAL BANK"
[banking services]

"PARADIGM"                                      No
[computer software in
the fields of employee
benefit consulting and
health insurance
services]

(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