Legal Question in Intellectual Property in California

Is it legal to sell tshirts with a picture of a celebrity, like Harrison Ford, on it?

Or am I violating the right to pubicity?

Thanks

MIke Caldwell


Asked on 1/05/10, 2:05 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys
Owen Seitel Idell & Seitel, LLP

Generally, yes, by doing so you would violate the celebrity's right of publicity.

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Answered on 1/11/10, 8:55 am
Terry A. Nelson Nelson & Lawless

If you negotiate an assignment of copyright from the celebrity for that purpose, sure.

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Answered on 1/11/10, 11:46 am


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