			  Summary of Final Decisions

				 Issued by the

		       Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

			     December 23-27, 1996


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

12-24           EX              74/517,451   		Creative Enter-
							prises, Inc. 

12-24           EX              74/101,177              EBSCO Industries, 
						        Inc.  

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

2(d)   		Refusal					"OUTER BOUNDS"
		Affirmed				(and design)
      							[t-shirts, hats,
							jackets and 
							sweatshirts] 

whether the	Refusal					configuration of a
configuration 	Affirmed				fishing lure
of applicant's 	(on both 				[fishing lures]
goods, which 	grounds)  
configuration 
applicant 
claims as its
trademark, is 
dejure
functional 
and, if not,
whether the
configuration 
is inherently 
distinctive  

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

"OUTERBOUND BY					No
H.M.S."
[outerwear, namely,
sweaters, stadium coats,
sweater-jackets and
jackets]   

						Yes

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


