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24
March 2007
Marlon
Brando's Estate Sues
Over
Chair
Representatives
of Godfather actor
Marlon
Brando's
estate are suing two
furniture makers and a
retailer over a home
cinema chair called The
Brando.
The
legal papers, filed at
Los Angeles Superior
Court, claim permission
to use the name had not
been
obtained.
They
are seeking unspecified
damages and a court
order to halt the sale
of any more goods using
the Brando
name.
Marlon
Brando died of lung
failure in Los Angeles
in 2004. His estate is
said to be worth more
than $20m
(£15.3m).
The
papers name three
sellers of the chair -
City Leather in southern
California, Palliser
Furniture Corp in North
Carolina and Palliser
Furniture Ltd in
Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada.
City
Leather vice-president
Jason Brainard said
employees had been told
to stop using the name
when selling the chair,
adding that a new name
had not yet been
decided.
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