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

                          September 25-29, 2000

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

9-25            CANC            22,218                  Mankind
                                                        Research
                                                        Foundation, Inc.,
                                                        et al. v. Essiac
                                                        Products
                                                        Services, Inc.

9-26            EX              75/410,355              Rubie's Costume
                                                        Co., Inc.

9-26            EX              75/243,677              Trident Energy
                                                        Corp.

9-26            EX              75/410,279              A. Croteau Lte'e

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

2(d); fraud;    Petition to     "ESSIAC"                "ESSIAC"
misrepresenta-  Cancel          [food supplements]      [food supplements]
tion of         Denied
source under
Sec. 14(3);
2(a) [false
suggestion of a
connection and
deceptiveness]

2(a)            Refusal                                 "RUBIESILK"
[deceptive-     Affirmed                                [fabric used in the
ness]                                                   manufacture of
                                                        masquerade
                                                        costumes]

2(d)            Refusal                                 design mark
                Reversed                                incorporating a
                                                        triangle and
                                                        stylized
                                                        representation of a
                                                        flame
                                                        [business
                                                        management service
                                                        in the field of oil
                                                        and gas
                                                        exploration]

2(e)(3)         Refusal                                 "AUSTRALIAN
                Affirmed                                KINGDOM"
                                                        [clothing, namely,
                                                        hats, shirts,
                                                        blouses, dresses,
                                                        etc.]

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

                                                No

                                                No

"CASCADE                                        No
NATURAL GAS
CORPORATION"
(and design
incorporating a triangle
and stylized
representation of a
flame]
[storage of natural gas,
and transportation of
natural gas by pipeline;
retail and/or wholesale
distribution services in
the field of natural gas]

                                                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