Elvis Presley Int'l Memorial Foundation v. Crowell

After Elvis Presley's death, his estate formed Enterprises to oversee licensing of his name and likeness and later formed the nonprofit Memorial Foundation (defendant), but a group of fans had independently formed a similarly named Elvis Presley International Memorial Foundation (plaintiff) four years earlier and sued to dissolve Memorial and enjoin its use of Elvis's name; the trial court granted Memorial summary judgment, holding Elvis's right to control his name and image passed to his estate at death.