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Publicity & Privacy

We have successfully represented clients in some of the leading cases in the right of publicity area, which is governed by state law and directly affects a client’s ability to use individuals’ names, images and personas in advertising materials and on products and services

We regularly counsel clients on uses of celebrity names and likenesses, and on protocols for securing right of publicity waivers from those appearing in promotional literature or websites.  On behalf of a celebrity, we were recently successful in cancelling an infringing trademark for clothing in Turkey that had been registered in bad faith by a local trademark pirate and we have been called in to handle claims under the laws of California, Florida, and other states.

Decisions

  • Copp v. Ramirez

    April 9, 2009

    874 N.Y.S.2d 52 (App. Div., 1st Dep’t 2009)

    On behalf of documentary filmmaker defendants, the Firm successfully defended appeal of lower court’s dismissal of plaintiffs’ defamation claims for lack of personal jurisdiction. The appellate court also affirmed lower court’s dismissal on merits of plaintiffs’More

  • Alexander v. AOL Time Warner, Inc.

    May 8, 2005

    132 Fed.Appx. 267 (11th Cir. 2005)

    The Firm obtained summary judgment on collateral estoppel grounds for defendants Kensington Publishing Corp. and author and former DEA agent Jerry Speziale on claims brought by Paul Lir Alexander for invasion of privacy and violation of right of publicity by Speziale’s inclusion of information about Alexander’s role as a DEA informant in his book Without a Badge.More

  • Creative Arts by Calloway, LLC v. Brooks

    October 11, 2002

    82 U.S.P.Q.2d 1319 (S.D.N.Y. 2007); No. 01 Civ. 3192 (CLB) (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 11, 2001), aff’d, 2002 WL 31303241 (2d Cir. Oct. 11, 2002)

    The Firm successfully defended Cab Calloway’s grandson, Christopher Brooks, against multiple attempts by his step-grandmother, her family, and their company to prevent him from performing his grandfather’s music under the name “The Cab Calloway Orchestra.”More

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  • Internet: Advantages Of Word Mark Registrations For Monitoring On Amazon And Facebook

    September 22, 2017

    Amazon is quickly becoming a key retail platform for nearly all brand owners.  Similarly, Facebook ads are often a critical part of any online advertising campaign and Facebook’s Marketplace is quickly gaining in importance.  However, as many brand owners can attest, it can be hard to monitor who is selling branded merchandise improperly or misusing trademarks or copyrighted content at these sites. More

  • Second Circuit Court of Appeals: Second Circuit Announces Standard For Nominative Fair Use

    September 19, 2016

    International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc. v. Security University, LLC, 823 F.3d 153 (2d Cir. 2016)

    In International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc. v. Security University, LLC, 823 F.3d 153 (2d Cir. 2016) (hereinafter, “IISSCC”),More

  • Chile: After Winning Milestone Criminal Trial in Chile, Michael Kors Seeks Two Million Dollar Compensation for Trademark Piracy

    September 23, 2015

    Global luxury lifestyle brand MICHAEL KORS recently secured one of the first criminal convictions for trademark infringement under the new Chilean trademark law, in a case heralded by IP specialists as one of the most important convictions in recent time. The criminal conviction followed a successful administrative proceeding during which the Chilean Trademark Office cancelled the improper trademark registration for a MICHAEL KORS trademark by one of the defendants’ companies,More

  • Canada: Use of Competitor’s Website Metatags Not Trademark or Copyright Infringement

    June 23, 2015

    Red Label Vacations Inc. v. 411 Travel Buys Limited (2015 FC 19)

    In January 2015, the Federal Court of Canada issued an important decision addressing the trademark and copyright significance of website metatags.  The decision is one of the most comprehensive considerations of this issue to come from a Canadian court. More

  • United Kingdom: “Google Adwords Case” Sent Back to High Court after Appeal Court Ruling in Marks & Spencer’s Favor

    March 23, 2015

    Interflora, Inc. v Marks and Spencer PLC [2014] EWCA Civ 1403

    On May 21, 2013, the High Court of England and Wales handed down a decision holding that Marks & Spencer’s purchase of the term “Interflora” as a Google ad word infringed Interflora’s trademark rights (prior decision [2013] EWHC 1291 (Ch) was reported in our Information Letter of September 2013). More

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