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

			      August 16-20, 1999


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

8-16   		EX		75/119,885		Ed Tucker
		EX 		75/119,886 		Distributor, Inc.

8-17   		EX   		75/152,840   		Moore Business  
							Forms, Inc.

8-17      	EX		75/201,351		Gregory Speirs  
		EX		75/209,841

8-17   		EX   		75/122,699   		Melon Acres, Inc.   
 
				Opposer's/		Applicant's/
				Petitioner's		Respondent's
		TTAB		Mark and		Mark and
Issue		Decision	Goods/Services		Goods/Services

2(d)   		Refusal					"MOTOR IN A BOX"
		Affirmed				[motor for a 
		(in both				custom motorcycle 
 		cases)  				sold in a kit of 
    							prepackaged 
							parts];
							"TRANNY IN A BOX"
							[packaged parts 
							used to assemble a
							transmission for a
							custom motorcycle]

2(d)   		Refusal					"MIDAS" 
		Affirmed				[design and  
      							consultation   
							services relating 
							to the integration
							of equipment used 
							to automate docu-
							ment production]

2(d)     	Refusal					two marks 
		Affirmed				incorporating:
		(in both 				the word "SKULLY" 
		cases and 				and different 
		as to both 				design elements
		cited regi-				[both marks for 
		strations) 				tee shirts, 
     							jackets, shorts, 
							boxer shorts, 
							sweatshirts,
							sweatpants, 
							neckties, tank
							top shirts, socks 
							and sneakers] 

2(d)     	Refusal					"MELON ACRES"
		Reversed				[fresh fruits 
      							and vegetables]

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

"BRAKE IN A BOX"				No
[brake structural 
and replacement parts]   

"MIDAS 						No
TECHNOLOGY"
[computer programs for
use in multiple
document processing in
personal computers in
the legal and
accounting fields of the
business and industry
and governmental
markets, excluding the
banking field in those
markets]   

"SKULLYS"					No
[men's hats and caps];
"SCULLY"
(in stylized lettering)
[coats and jackets]   

"BLUEBERRY ACRES"				No
(and design)
[fresh blueberries]  

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