			  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 

   
   























      
