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THE RIGHT OF PUBLICITY: Privacy Reimagined for a Public World
This book from Harvard University Press by Professor Jennifer Rothman traces the history and development of the right of publicity and its current collision course with individual liberty, free speech and copyright law.
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Court Denies Class Certification in Atheletes' Suit Against Madden NFL Maker
Yesterday, the district court in Davis v. Electronic Arts confirmed its holding that there could not be class certification in the right of publicity case arising from the alleged use of NFL players' identities in the popular sports-themed video game series NFL Madden. The court...
Court Allows Players' Case Against Madden Video Game to Proceed
The summer did not end well for Electronic Arts (EA), as a district court rejected its summary judgment motion...
De Havilland Seeks Review of Feud Decision
Olivia de Havilland's lawyers have filed a petition seeking review in the California Supreme Court of a California Court...
First Amendment Protects Use of Olivia de Havilland in FEUD Docudrama
In a resounding victory for FX, the California Court of Appeal today reversed the ...
New York Times Article on De Havilland Case
Paul Brownfield's article on Olivia de Havilland's lawsuit against FX Network was published in Sunday's New York Times Style...
L.A. Times Op-Ed: What Does Olivia de Havilland Have Against Allison Janney?
My op-ed on the Olivia de Havilland v. FX Networks lawsuit, currently on appeal in California, has been published by the Los...
“Simpsonized” Animated Character Held Transformative
Earlier this week, the California Court of Appeal gave a Valentine’s Day present to Twentieth Century Fox, by throwing out a right of publicity...
Thelonious Monk Estate Survives Motion to Dismiss by Brewery
Yesterday, a federal district court in California rejected North Coast Brewing Co's motion to dismiss the right of publicity and false...
Briefs Rain Down on California Court of Appeal in De Havilland Case
At least five separate amicus briefs have been filed in the expedited appeal in Olivia de Havilland v. FX Networks. I filed an amicus in this case with a number of other law professors...
Law Professors Call for Reversal in De Havilland and the Protection of Biographies and Biographical Films
Yesterday, I filed a brief co-authored with Rebecca Tushnet and Eugene Volokh asking the California Court of Appeal to reverse the...
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