Sandra Bullock Sues ToyWatch USA for Using Her to Sell Watches: Rights to Publicity at Issue

Posted by on Mar 27, 2012 in Business Litigation, Business Transactions, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Transactions, Entertainment, Film, News, Television | 0 comments It’s no secret to most consumers these days that celebrities and the corporations they team up with make tons and tons of cash selling products. These celebrity endorsements can help skyrocket sales of nearly any product or service. The bottom line is that celebrity endorsements work. The law makes clear that celebrities have a right of publicity, which basically means the celebrity has a...
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IMDb Refuses to Delete or Change Actors’ Ages, Despite Talks with SAG and AFTRA

Posted by on Nov 7, 2011 in Art, Employment, Entertainment, Film, Music, News, Sports, Television | 0 comments Earlier last month, an anonymous actress filed a million dollar lawsuit against the IMDb (“Internet Movie Database”) website claiming that the database violated her constitutional right to privacy by accessing and providing personal information, specifically her age. It may come as no surprise that the entertainment industry is taking the recent lawsuit very seriously and has been in talks...
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