Elvis Presley Enterprises takes gloves off against the Velvet Elvis

The Journal Record | November 25, 1996| | Copyright

HOUSTON -- One thing's certain in the legal battle between Barry Capece and Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc.: Somebody's going to have a blue Christmas.

Capece owns a Houston bar called the Velvet Elvis. In a trial starting today in Houston, he will defend the bar's name -- as well his right to hang a velvet painting of the King behind the bandstand -- from accusations that he is ripping off the late singer's estate with what Elvis Presley Enterprises calls a "tacky bar."

Capece maintains the name is a parody designed to capture the bar's "Las Vegas-bordello" atmosphere. "We're a cheesy ...

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