When the CEO of Monte Carlo Productions in Atlanta received a letter from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences demanding that he stop throwing parties that included giant replicas of the Academy’s famous Oscar statuette as props, he thought it was “the biggest joke that ever was.”
But the Academy wasn’t amused. Last Friday, the 82-year-old Hollywood institution that hosts the annual Academy Awards sued Monte Carlo, Chief Executive R. Bruce Nixon and company president John Brown in U.S. District Court in Atlanta. The Academy accused Monte Carlo of copyright and trademark violations associated with the company’s unauthorized use of the coveted gold Oscar statuette at “Night At the Oscars” Hollywood-themed parties it offered as part of its events-planning business.
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