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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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California Passes Law to Allow Student Athletes to Commercialize Their Identities
Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law SB206 which requires NCAA member universities to allow student athletes to sign endorsement deals and with agents and...
Ariana Grande Sues Forever 21 over Social Media Posts
Last week pop sensation Ariana Grande filed a lawsuit against Forever 21 for violation of both her statutory and common law right of publicity under...
Olivia de Havilland's Cert. Petition Denied by U.S. Supreme Court
Today, the United States Supreme Court denied review of the California Court of Appeal decision in De Havilland v. FX Networks. This leaves in place the California appellate...
Emotional Distress Award Affirmed for Model in California
NOTE: This post has been updated to reflect the withdrawal of the original appelalte opinon and its replacement with one filed on December 27, 2018. The only difference is that the new decision affirmed rather than reversed the trial court's...
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...
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