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

                        November 30 - December 4, 1998



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

11-30           OPP             93,658                  Micro Motion, Inc.
                                                        v. Danfoss A/S

12-2            OPP             95,572                  Rubbermaid Inc.
                                                        v. Dean M.
                                                        Lucente

12-4            EX              74/546,699              Oralabs, Inc.

12-4            EX              74/631,975              International
                                                        Data Group, Inc.

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

genericness     Opposition                              "MASSFLO"
                Sustained                               [flowmeters for
                                                        the measurement
                                                        of flow of
                                                        mass of fluids]

2(d)            Opposition      "GREENS KEEPER"         "KEEPERS"
                Sustained       [large commercial       [plastic covers
                                containers for          for food
                                produce];               containers]
                                "KEEPERS"
                                [household con-
                                tainers];
                                "KEEPER"
                                [food storage con-
                                tainers having
                                plastic covers]

whether the     Refusal                                 configuration of
product con-    Affirmed                                the bottle in
figuration      (but only on                            which applicant's
applicant       the grounds                             goods are sold
seeks to        of non-dis-                             [breath freshening
register as     tinctiveness)                           drops]
its trademark
is de jure
functional;
whether the
product con-
figuration
is distinc-
tive of ap-
plicant's
goods in
commerce

2(e)(1)         Refusal                                 "_ _ _ FAQS"
                Affirmed                                [books in the
                                                        field of business
                                                        and general
                                                        reference]

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

                                                Yes

                                                No

                                                No

                                                No

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