The federal appellate court in Virginia today reversed a decision that had allowed a website to use a stock photo to illustrate its...
Advertising Law Updates
Rick Kurnit
Retired Partner, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
New York, United States
Claims of commercial appropriation of a person’s identity — “the right of publicity” — require drawing a line between editorial and...
I recently noted that a federal district court in New York held that models who were not sufficiently famous to be generally recognized...
The short window for bringing a right of publicity claim has saved many advertisers from having to pay for an unauthorized use of a...
Sometimes a model is just a model. To paraphrase David Ogilvy, "the consumer is not an idiot; he or she is your significant other." ...
The Ninth Circuit -- once again ignoring that the costs and unpredictability of jury trials chill free expression -- has reversed a trial...
The cost of paying for forgiveness can be millions of dollars -- far more than the cost of the original license. In Olive v. General...
False advertising claims based on the advertising and promotion of films, television, and even music are being made at an alarming rate. ...
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