Intellectual Property
Apr. 3, 2015
Get up, stand up, stand up for your (trademark) rights
The 9th Circuit was recently confronted with Lanham Act false endorsement claims brought by the late Bob Marley's children against a company who used Marley's images on T-shirts and other merchandise. By Eric Boorstin
In Fifty-Six Hope Road Music Ltd. v. A.V.E.L.A. Inc. (Hope Road), 778 F.3d 1059 (9th Cir. 2015), the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was confronted with Lanham Act false endorsement claims brought by the late Bob Marley's children against a company who used Marley's images on T-shirts and other merchandise.
Bob Marley's children own a company that commercializes rights to their late father's image. Defen...
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