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

				 May 3-7, 1999


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

5-3   		EX   		74/551,771   		Michael Khadivar   

5-3   		EX   		74/552,579   		Michael Khadivar   

5-7   		EX   		74/447,347   		AEW, Inc.   

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

whether the	Refusal					vertically-orien-
configuration 	Affirmed				ted configuration 
of 							of an AM/FM 
applicant's 						cassette player, 
goods is an 						with a shallow 
inherently						housing and a
distinctive						particular place-
trademark for						ment of doors and 
those goods   						panels
							[AM/FM audio 
      							cassette players] 

whether the	Refusal					vertically-orien-
configuration 	Affirmed				ted configuration 
of 							of a compact disc 
applicant's 						player, with a 
goods is an 						shallow housing 
inherently						and a particular 
distinctive						placement of 
trademark for						panels, door, and 
those goods   						control knobs
							[compact disc 
							players]

Section 6     	Refusal					"DAPS-DISCOUNT
disclaimer	Affirmed				AUTO PARTS
requirement						STORES"
(of words						(and design)
DISCOUNT						[retail auto 
AUTO PARTS						parts stores]   
STORES)-
whether those
words are 
generic and, 
if not,
whether they 
are distinc-
tive of
applicant's
services, 
under 
Section 2(f)  

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

						No

						No

						No

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