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I<\/span>f you\u2019ve planned a Las Vegas wedding with an Elvis Presley impersonator, you may need to change your plans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n On May 19, Authentic Brands Group (ABG), which licenses Elvis Presley-related merchandise, issued a cease-and-desist letter to several Las Vegas chapels operators, according to <\/span>the Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The letter states that Sin City chapels must stop the unauthorized use of \u201cElvis Presley\u2019s name, likeness, voice image and other elements of Elvis Presley\u2019s persona in advertisements, merchandise and otherwise.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n This includes \u201cElvis, \u201cElvis Presley\u201d \u201cand \u201cThe King of Rock and Roll\u201d as its protected trademarks.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis could be very damaging to our industry,\u201d Melody Willis-Williams, president of Vegas Weddings and Viva Las Vegas Weddings, told the Last Vegas Review-Journal. \u201cMost of us are small businesses, and we\u2019re up against a superpower with a lot of money. It could kill us in lawyer fees to fight this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n