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... Brown-Forman Corp., Serial No. 78638129 (November 14, 2006). Applicant did not dispute that the word "ROUGE," by itself, would be understood as French for "red," and that it is therefore merely descriptive of Applicant's wines. The real ... and PRINCE ROUGE ("red prince"). The Board, however, was not moved. With regard to MOULIN ROUGE, the Board refused to take judicial notice as to the familiarity of U.S. purchasers with that term. In contrast, the Board noted that standard reference works named ...

... Maryland was chosen as the forum for litigating the following cases, as published by Justia: Moulin Rouge, S.A. v. Moulin Rouge Caterers, Inc. et al, 07 civ 02482 ... 2007), filed Sep. 18, 2007. According to court papers, Plaintiff Moulin Rouge, S.A., is a Belgian corporation having its principal place of business in Paris, France. It owns ... website, despite canceling its registration, Allegis sued for infringement under 15 U.S.C. § 1051. Allegis Group is represented by Sherry Flax of Saul Ewing LLP ...

... , persona, and other expressive elements, clothing, by itself, is considered a useful article, unprotectable under copyright (a principle that's proven a major irritant for clothing designers). In a 1989 case, a court of appeals refused to protect costume designs even ... in your advertising. That would probably not be an issue in the examples you provided since Sweeney Todd and Moulin Rouge are both public domain stories. To be safe under trademark principles, avoid any advertising statements that ...

... McGregor breaks into ''Your Song'' while wooing Nicole Kidman in 2001's Moulin Rouge (2001). • After her beloved Pedro (Marco Leonardi) dies making love to ... the Lambs Death scenes: • Steve Buscemi + a woodchipper + the pure white snow of 1996's Fargo = arguably the most hilarious ooky death on film. • Mel Gibson, sans intestines, ... exes Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner fall to their doom on a chandelier in 1989's The War of the Roses. • Jack telling Rose not to say her goodbyes before freezing ...

... coming up with $3,000 in restitution? Yeah, that vow of poverty is a bitch. But here's an idea: Sell the movie rights to your story, and make restitution out of ... Gold! 3. An updating of The Sound of Music. Think "post-modern movie musical," a la Moulin Rouge. It would be set in a nuclear missile storage facility instead of the Austrian hills. ... to defense counsel and asks: "How do I solve a problem like Maria?" Maria's defense lawyer responds by calling the seven Von Trapp kids to the stand. They ...

... (follow those guidelines above) for possible inclusion in possibly one of the best BR's ever (we like to set our own bar high!) And if you' ... so interesting posts to fit with any special theme of that issue of Blawg Review. The host's personal selections usually include several that reflect the character and subject interests of ... and Stephanie West Allen about my maiden Blawg Review voyage, I am retaliating with "Like a Virgin" from Moulin Rouge (welcome to Baz Luhrmann's stream of consciousness).

... , I went to see Australia, the latest Baz Luhrmann - Nicole Kidman collaboration. It's quite different from Moulin Rouge (no singing to speak of), yet it's still a similar kind of oddball high-kinetic vision, and a lot of fun ... succeed in driving her cattle to the port of Darwin, she will win the contract for supply of the army, thereby undercutting Carney's monopoly. The climax of the first part of the movie (the first movie?) involves whether the army officer will sign Carney's proffered contract ...