Summary of Final Decisions

                                 Issued by the

                       Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

                              December 9-13, 1996


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

12-9            EX              74/492,236              Terra Int'l, Inc.

12-10           EX              74/471,755              Seneca Sports, Inc.

12-10           EX              74/411,900              Hoechst AG

12-10           EX              74/434,469              Thomas J. Herzfeld
                                                        Advisors, Inc.

12-11           EX              74/184,144              General Electric
                                                        Co.

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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "ACTIVATE PLUS-
                Affirmed                                SUPERIOR 90/10
                                                        NONIONIC
                                                        SPREADER/
                                                        ACTIVATOR"
                                                        (and design)
                                                        [spreader/
                                                        activator for
                                                        use in connection
                                                        with agricultural
                                                        herbicides]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "FUTURA"
                Reversed                                [in-line skates]

2(e)(4)         Refusal                                 "HOECHST"
                Affirmed                                [plastic fibers,
                                                        film, and sheet
                                                        and microporous
                                                        film and hollow
                                                        fibers, for
                                                        general industrial
                                                        use; synthetic
                                                        fibers and fila-
                                                        ments, such as
                                                        acetate staple;
                                                        acetate yarn]

2(e)(1)         Refusal                                 "THE CUBA FUND"
                Affirmed                                [fund investment
                                                        services]

whether the     Refusal                                 "WASH DOWN DUTY"
application     Affirmed                                (and design)
identified                                              [electric motors]
applicant's
goods with
enough
specificity

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

"ACTIVATE"                                      No
[surfactant for use with
herbicides, insecticides
and fungicides]

"FUTURA"                                        No
[racquetball rackets,
tennis rackets, squash
rackets and golf clubs]
and "FUTURA PLUS"
[golf clubs and golf
balls]

                                                No

                                                No

                                                No

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