Inspector Clouseau is the bumbling Parisian detective in the Pink Panther movies that starred the late Peter Sellers. Despite his bungling, Clouseau always solved the crime. In the inaugural film, Clouseau was called on to investigate the theft of a fabulous gemstone with one small flaw. When held to the light, the gemstone resembled a pink panther. Hence, the name.
The name Pink Panther lives on, not only in films but also in a cartoon series and in the movie’s theme music, which won an Academy Award for Henry Mancini. A cosmetics company that operates beauty salons wants to use the name Pink Panther Beauty Corp in its business. United Artists’, the producer of the films, objects. Is the Cosmetics Company permitted to use the name? Why or why not?