Re Elvis Presley Trade Marks
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1999 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Civil Division) |
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20 cases
- Mccorquodale v Masterson
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OBG Ltd. et al. v. Allan et al., (2007) 369 N.R. 66 (HL)
...[2003] Q.B. 195 (C.A.), refd to. [para. 281]. Kaye v. Robertson, [1991] F.S.R. 62, refd to. [para. 285]. Elvis Presley Trademarks, Re, [1999] R.P.C. 567, refd to. [para. 285]. Australian Broadcasting Corp. v. Lenah Game Meats Pty. Ltd. (2001), 208 C.L.R. 199 (Aust. H.C.), refd to. [para. 28......
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OBG Ltd and another v Allan and Others
...protecting a celebrity's name and image such as has consistently been rejected in English law: see the Elvis Presley trademarks case [1999] RPC 567, 580-582, 597-598, and also Brooke LJ in the interlocutory appeal in this case, [2001] QB 967, paras 74 and 75. The present limits of the law ......
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Irvine and another v Talksport Ltd
...the various strands of his argument he relied on the following passage from the judgment of Simon Brown LJ in Elvis Presley Trade Marks [1999] RPC 567, 597: "On analysis, as it seems to me, all the English cases upon which Enterprises seeks to rely (Mirage Studios not least) can be seen to ......
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3 books & journal articles
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MILKY WAY AND ANDROMEDA: PRIVACY, CONFIDENTIALITY AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
...distinctiveness and whether the use of the image or name will be seen by the public as a trade mark use: example Elvis Presley Trade Marks[1999] RPC 567) remedies are sometimes available even without a broad publicity right. For a successful English case under passing off, see Irvine v Talk......
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Suggestions for the Protection of Star Athletes and Other Famous Persons against Unauthorised Celebrity Merchandising in South African Law
...right’ of this nature was expressly rejected by the Court ofAppealin the case of Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc v Sid Shaw Elvisly Yours [1999] RPC 567 (CA) at 597-8,following the well-known earlier passing-off decision in McCullough v Lewis A May Ltd [1947] 2 AllER 845 (Ch D).UNAUTHORISED C......
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The taxation of image rights : a comparative analysis
...The recognition of a “character right” was also rejectedby the Court of Appeal in Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc v Sid Shaw ElvislyYou rs [1999] RPC 567.11 See Douglas v Hello Limited [2001] 2 WLR 992; Irvine v Talksport Ltd [2003]EWCA Civ 423. See also Blackshaw 2005 Bus L Int 270 279, 282;......