  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 

