CANDY MAKER, HOLYFIELD MAY SLUG IT OUT IN COURT.Byline: Enrique Rivero Daily News Staff Writer North Hollywood candy retailer Frank Sheftel is sparring spar 1 n. 1. Nautical A wooden or metal pole, such as a boom, yard, or bowsprit, used to support sails and rigging. 2. A usually metal pole used as part of a crane or derrick. 3. with heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield Evander "The Real Deal" Holyfield (born October 19, 1962 in Atmore, Alabama) is a professional boxer from the United States and a multiple world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. - and it could get ugly. Holyfield's lawyers sent the owner of the Candy Factory a cease-and-desist letter to prevent further sale of the Earvander-Tyson Bites, ear-shaped chocolates with fake teeth marks. Sheftel started selling them shortly after the highly publicized pub·li·cize tr.v. pub·li·cized, pub·li·ciz·ing, pub·li·ciz·es To give publicity to. Adj. 1. publicized - made known; especially made widely known publicised June 28 fight when Holyfield lost a chunk of his ear to Mike Tyson Noun 1. Mike Tyson - United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion (born in 1966) Michael Gerald Tyson, Tyson . Sheftel said Friday he won't stop selling the ears, even if it means a tussle in court with the champ. ``This is a symbolic gesture,'' he said, picking up one of the pairs of red boxing gloves boxing gloves npl → guantes mpl de boxeo boxing gloves box npl → gants mpl de boxe boxing gloves npl he keeps on a counter next to a stack of the chocolate ears. ``I can take it, what do they say, from ringside ring·side n. 1. The area or seats immediately outside an arena or ring, as at a prizefight. 2. A place providing a close view of a spectacle. to courtside court·side n. The area immediately bordering the official court of play, as in tennis or basketball. ? But I'm hoping it won't go that far.'' This isn't the first time Sheftel has faced a lawsuit over his products. In 1994 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences sued him for selling unauthorized chocolate Oscar statuettes. Sheftel stopped selling the chocolate Oscars before the case went to court. Evan Appel, an attorney with Holyfield's Atlanta law firm, Long Aldridge & Norman, declined to comment Friday afternoon. The letter said Holyfield had not authorized use of his likeness or name and ordered Sheftel to stop selling the chocolates and turn over accounts and proceeds from their sale. Sheftel said the chocolates commemorate the event and that he is not illegally using Holyfield's likeness. He's sold some 300 boxes, each containing a pair of chocolate ears. He's made about a $600 profit, $400 of which he said he's donated to charity. ``It's been a fun thing and that's how I look at it, and to make it a court case is ridiculous,'' Sheftel said. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (Color) Frank Sheftel, owner of the Candy Factory in North Hollywood, displays one of the Earvander-Tyson Bites that have earned him a cease-and-desist letter from boxing champ Evander Holyfield. David R. Crane/Daily News |
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