In Bell v. Streetwise Records, Ltd., 640 F.Supp. 575 (D.Mass.1986), the members of the band "New Edition" and the companies that had produced, recorded, and marketed their first album disputed the rights to the name of the band. The Bell court ruled that the band members owned the mark because they had first appropriated it, and alternatively they owned the mark under the "joint endeavors" test. 640 F.Supp. at 580-82. The court explained that "the quality which the mark New Edition identified was first and foremost the band members with their distinctive personalities and style as performers." Id. at 582.