Facts
A relative promoted a company named 'Louis Tussaud Ltd' to run a waxworks business like the famous one.
Issue
Can using one's own name be restrained?
Held
An was granted against registering the company name.
Principle
Even one's own name cannot be used in a way that passes off one's business as another's.
Why it matters
Own-name cases.
Cited in these chapters
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Madame Tussaud & Sons Ltd v Louis Tussaud Ltd (Lanbuk) <https://www.lanbuk.com/llb/torts/cases/tussaud-v-tussaud> accessed 31 October 2026
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