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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The Hits Keep on Coming for Warner Brothers’ Hangover II As the Studio Faces More Legal Woes

Posted by on Oct 21, 2011 in Art, Copyright, Entertainment, Film, Intellectual Property, News, Television | 0 comments The movie “Hangover II” is facing another legal battle, and it is not over Mike Tyson’s face tattoo this time around. It has only been a few months since Warner Brothers settled the copyright infringement lawsuit over Mike Tyson’s face tattoo, but the legal woes over this spirited comedy continues. On October 12, 2011 a California man named Michael Alan Rubin has filed a lawsuit...
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