Chaplin

Chaplin v. Amador

Good Law
1928 Cal. App. LEXIS 692·93 Cal. App. 358·269 P. 544
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJuly 30, 1928Docket No. 6322.California2,196 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Preston, J.

This is an appeal by the defendant, Charles Amador, from a judgment entered ] ..against all -of the defendants, /perpetually enjoining and restraining them, their servants, agents, and employees, and all persons acting in privity with them from, (a) disposing of, advertising or dealing in a motion picture called i^The Race Track? ’; (b) from using the name ‘‘'Charles Aplin'?’ or ‘‘Charlie Aplin,” or any other name similar to that of plaintiff in connection with said motion picture, or any motion picture, in imitation of the motion pictures of plaintiff, which will be likely to deceive the public into believing that plaintiff is acting the role therein hereafter referred to; (c) from advertising, selling, or dealing in any motion pictures which are an imitation of the motion pictures of plaintiff, or style of dress, costume, or mannerisms constituting an imitation of the plaintiff in his name or in his playing or acting the part or character or role of ‘^Charlie Chaplin,?-’ and which are so like the motion pictures acted in and produced by the plaintiff, and in which the plaintiff plays the principal or leading or any part in such role, as to be likely to deceive the public into…

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