Legal Opinion
Factors Etc., Inc. And Boxcar Enterprises Inc. v. Pro Arts, Inc. And Stop and Shop Companies, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 27, 1978No. 655, Docket 77-7544PublishedCited by 413 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs-Appellees, Factors Etc., Inc. (Factors) and Boxcar Enterprises, Inc. (Boxcar), sued Defendants-Appellants, Pro Arts, Inc. (Pro Arts) and Stop and Shop Companies, Inc. (Stop and Shop), for injunc-tive relief and damages based upon defendants’ alleged misappropriation and unauthorized use of the name and likeness of Elvis Presley (Presley). The trial court granted the plaintiffs’ preliminary injunction upon its findings that the exclusive right to market Presley memorabilia survived the death of Presley, and the Presley poster printed by defendants allegedly…
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