# Is Elvis Aaron Presley Jr. really Elvis' son?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 1, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-elvis-aaron-presley-jr-really-elvis-son/841103 "2019-10-01T16:40:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-elvis-aaron-presley-jr-really-elvis-son/841103/21 "2019-10-03T10:16:13Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> It’s extremely difficult to sue someone for trademark infringement for using their legal name.

Not if you’re a big company and can hire enough lawyers. [Bully Hill Vineyards.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bully_Hill_Vineyards)

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**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-elvis-aaron-presley-jr-really-elvis-son/841103/22 "2019-10-04T21:32:20Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> It’s extremely difficult to sue someone for trademark infringement for using their legal name.

Ransom Eli Olds will be happy to hear that.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-elvis-aaron-presley-jr-really-elvis-son/841103/23 "2019-10-05T13:20:51Z")

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A curious case from England, noted in [another dispute](https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3545707/cockrell-v-davis/).

_Appellant cites in support of his contention the English case reported in Vol. 1, p. 518 of the Times Law Reports, Friday, August 3, 1934: “This was an action in which the plaintiffs, the Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences (commonly known as the Albert Hall), claimed an injunction to restrain the defendant, Mr. Albert Edward Hall, of Orange Street, W., from using, for the purpose of his business as an orchestra conductor or otherwise, the name of `The Albert Hall Orchestra’ in such manner as to be calculated to induce the public to believe that such orchestra was connected with the Albert Hall.” The court held that the defendant in adopting the name “The Albert Hall Orchestra” never thought of the “Albert Hall” and that it was a name which he had used earlier in Liverpool and elsewhere for some years and was adopted by him in good faith._

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