i am currently take a bussness law class and everyday at the begining of class we talk about current events. Today i talked about the line anthem and my teacher agreed that the cheapest and best action to take was to remove all the skis from the market.
here is an overview of the right to publicity
The Right of Publicity prevents the unauthorized commercial use of an individual's name, likeness, or other recognizable aspects of one's persona. It gives an individual the exclusive right to license the use of their identity for commercial promotion.
In the United States, the Right of Publicity is largely protected by state common or statutory law. Only about half the states have distinctly recognized a Right of Publicity. Of these, many do not recognize a right by that name but protect it as part of the Right of Privacy. The Restatement Second of Torts recognizes four types of invasions of privacy: intrusion, appropriation of name or likeness,unreasonable publicity and false light. See Restatement (Second) Of Torts §§ 652A - 652I. Under the Restatement's formulation, the invasion of the Right of Publicity is most similar to the unauthorized appropriation of one's name orlikeness. See Restatement (Second) of Torts § 652C (
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/privacy/Privacy_R2d_Torts_Sections.htm), comments a & b, illustrations 1 & 2.
In other states the Right of Publicity is protected through the law of unfair competition. Actions for the tort of misappropriation or for a wrongful attempt to "pass off" the product as endorsed or produced by the individual help to protect the right of publicity. See Unfair competition (
http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/topics/unfair_competition.html).
If a person can establish an aspect of his or her identity as a trademark, protection may be provided by Federal law. See Trademark (
http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/topics/trademark.html).
The Federal Lanham Act can also provide protection where a person's identity is used to falsely advertise a product or designateits origin. See § 1125 of The Lanham Act.
i doubt too many people made it to the bottom and actually read all of this but i hope it helped people who are smart enough to understand and kazzzamoo
