Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 23:02:14 +0200 (MSZ)
From: Bj|rn Skolander <Bjorn.Skolander@nordiska.uu.se>
Subject: Catherine Deveuve sues Lesbian Magazine



INSIDE MEDIA
July 17, 1995
        DENEUVE V. DENEUVE
   French grande-dame and actress, Catherine Deneuve is suing Deneuve--the
four-year-old lesbian magazine--for trademark infringement, according to
Folio: First Day.  
   The magazine refused to comment on the case although executive editor
Katie Brown did say that the title does not refer to the film star (and
lesbian icon) but to the editor in chief's first girlfriend. 
   David Korzenik, a New York City-based lawyer, said Deneuve (the actress)
has a good chance of winning the case on at least four bases, including
trademark law and the right of publicity. The right of publicity, which
prohibits the use of another's name for monetary gain, is Deneuve's
''strongest arrow'' said Korzenik. And French law is even more solicitous of
a person's rights to control their persona, he added. 
   Deneuve (the actress) filed the suit in Los Angeles and in France.