Legal News from FatChanceBellyDance®

January 2012 


In This Issue
Message from Carolena
Legal Letter

Message from Carolena

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Greetings and Salutations! I hope this note finds you well and happy in the New Year.

Please take a moment to read the adjoining legal letter.
We are celebrating our legal trademark status by inviting you to get on board and give hearty welcome to our new legal entities: FatChanceBellyDance®, FCBD®, American Tribal Style® and ATS®

In short, if you are using any of the above titles, we are asking you to comply by adding ® to all mentions, both on-line and printed or manufactured materials.

As always, I am here and available to answer any questions, so don't hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns. Congratulatory chamagne can be sent to the address below!

All the best for a prosperous New Year! 

This is a friendly letter from Carolena Nericcio and FatChanceBellyDance, Inc.
We are the owners of and have recently been granted federal protection for the following trademarks : 
 
FatChanceBellyDance®, FCBD®,
ATS® and American Tribal Style®
 

It has recently come to our attention that you are using one or more of the above trademarks on your website  and/or business materials. This is great, as your continued interest and efforts have helped to spread the joy worldwide!  To enable your continued use of the mark(s), we respectfully request that you place the following legal statement in a reasonably conspicuous place on your website and/or materials as it relates to your use of our trademarks:

FatChanceBellyDance®, FCBD®, ATS® and American Tribal Style®, are federally registered trademarks of FatChanceBellyDance, Inc. For more information, please visit www.fcbd.com/about/legal.shtml.

You may continue to use FatChanceBellyDance®, FCBD®, ATS® and/or American Tribal Style® on your materials as long as you continue to uphold and maintain the integrity of the brand, and placement of the above legal statement. (If you are as excited about this as we are, feel free to add ® to the said trademarks . The key stokes are OPTION and R.)

Get bonus points by sending us a link to your updated site and materials: legal@fcbd.com

Go here for more information about our federally registered trademarks.

If you are a FCBD® Sister Studio, or have a listing on TribalStar Galactica™, we will add the ® attribute to you listing, but please make the appropriate edits to your own pages and materials.  

Thank you and please let us know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Carolena Nericcio, director FatChanceBellyDance® 
 

 

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FatChanceBellyDance, Inc. Studio, Store and Resource Center

Carolena Nericcio, Director

670 South Van Ness at 18th St. 

San Francisco, CA 94110

415.431.4322 | www.fcbd.com