LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO, INC. v. TREVINO

No. 96 Civ. 6647 (JGK).

945 F.Supp. 563 (1996)

LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO, INC., a New York Corporation, Plaintiff, v. Victor TREVINO, Les Ballets Torokka de Russia (a.k.a. Les Ballet Trocka de Russia), Gregory Wolverton, Jem Jender (a.k.a. James O'Connor-Taylor), Jeffrey Aney Virgil Angulo, Daniel Buskirk, Roland Culler, Alfredo Milan, Sven Toorvald, Ivan Torres, Brian Joe, Samuel Curcio, Michael Lineberry, Kelby Brown, International Promotion for Music, Inc. (d/b/a "IPM"), a New York Corporation, John Does 1-10, and XYZ Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

October 28, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter L. Skolnik, Edward M. Zimmerman, Mauricio Paez, Lowenstein, Sandler, Kohl, Fisher & Boylan, Roseland, NJ, for Plaintiff.

Brian Doherty, McGovern & Associates, New York City, for Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

KOELTL, District Judge:

The plaintiff "Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Inc." is an all male satirical ballet troupe. It seeks a preliminary injunction enjoining the defendants from directly or indirectly using the name "Les Ballets Torokka de Russia," or the words "Trocks," "Trock," "Trockettes," "Trockadero," "Torokka," "Torokkadero," or "Trocadero" (or similar variations of any such word) in conjunction with the words "Ballet...

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