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

                               March 8-12, 1999



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

3-8             EX              75/152,673              Patricia A. Towers

3-9             EX              75/067,615              Globe Amerada
                                                        Glass Co.

3-9             CANC            25,414                  Theodore E.
                                                        Charles v.
                                                        Guardian Life
                                                        Insurance Co. of
                                                        America

3-9             OPP             93,894                  Signature Brands,
                                                        Inc. v. Robert
                                                        Lehrer Associates

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

2(d)            Refusal                                 mark consisting
                Affirmed                                of: the words
                                                        "LIFE LINE" (in
                                                        highly stylized
                                                        lettering),
                                                        the words "CLOTHES
                                                        FOR LIVING," and a
                                                        stylized globe
                                                        design [a variety
                                                        of clothing items]

2(d); 2(e)(2)   Refusal                                 "AUTO GLASS OF
                Affirmed                                AMERICA"
                (on both                                [installation of
                grounds)                                automobile and
                                                        truck  glass]

2(d)            Petition to     "INVESTORS"             "INVESTOR"
                Cancel Denied   [newsletters            (in stylized form)
                                directed to             [underwriting and
                                brokers];               administering an
                                "INVESTOR'S             anuity insurance
                                MARKETING," and         plan]
                                "INVESTOR'S
                                CAPITAL" [sale of
                                stocks, bonds,
                                insurance, and
                                annuities]

2(d);           Opposition      "MR. COFFEE"            "MR. FILTER"
whether         Sustained       [coffee brewers,        [adsorbent filters
applicant had   (but only on    coffee filters,         for preparing hot
bona fide       the 2(d)        cleaning composi-       or cold beverages
intent to use   ground for      tions for coffee        with reduced
its mark as     opposition)     brewing apparatus,      contaminants]
of the filing                   etc.]
date of the
application

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

"LIFELINE"                                      No
(in stylized lettering)
[leather shoes]

"U.S. AUTO GLASS"                               No
(and design)
[glass replacement and
repair services]

                                                No

                                                No

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