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Applicant's Bad Faith a Factor in TTAB's Sustaining "AFROS TO SHELLTOES" 2(d) Opposition

The Board sustained Opposer Reginald Carr's Section 2(d) opposition to registration of the mark FROM AFROS TO SHELLTOES ART, ACTION, AND CONVERSATION for "Educational services, namely, conducting workshops and seminars in arts and entertainment, hip-hop, cross generational relationships, community building, and art as a political force to lessen misunderstandings between civil rights and hip hop generations." It found the mark likely to cause confusion with the common law mark AFROS-N-SHELLTOES for "disc jockey services and artist management and promotion services, including the representation of rappers, singers and poets, as well as the representation of managers who want to promote their acts and groups." Carr v. Garnes, Opposition No. 91171220 (November 8, 2010) [not precedential]...continue to full post

Full post as published by The TTABlog on November 24, 2010 (boomark / email).