The Ninth Circuit has confirmed that right of publicity claims purporting to arise from expressive works, like films, are content-based restrictions on speech that are presumptively unconstitutional, and generally should not...more
3/2/2016
/ Anti-SLAPP ,
Breach of Contract ,
Defamation ,
False Light ,
First Amendment ,
Fraud ,
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Motion Picture Industry ,
Negligent Misrepresentation ,
Right of Publicity
Judge André Birotte Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has dismissed a lawsuit brought by former college athletes alleging that the licensing of copyrighted photographs from their NCAA...more
The California Court of Appeal held earlier this month that certain right of publicity claims are freely assignable, and that the Copyright Act does not preempt a right of publicity claim where the defendant has no legal...more