Summary of Final Decisions

                                 Issued by the

                       Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

                              October 20-24, 1997


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

10-23           EX              74/641,527              Society for the
                                                        Preservation of
                                                        Equal Rights for
                                                        Men, Inc.

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

whether the     Refusal                                 "SPERM"
matter sought   Affirmed                                [t-shirts]
to be regis-
tered func-
tions as a
trademark for
applicant's
goods or
functions
merely as
product orna-
mentation

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

                                                No

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