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COMEDY III PRODUCTIONS v. GARY SADERUP

No. B120382.

80 Cal.Rptr.2d 464 (1998)

COMEDY III PRODUCTIONS, INC., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. GARY SADERUP, INC., et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

Review Granted March 17, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cooper, Kardaras & Scharf, Brand Cooper, Pasadena, Victor E. Aguilera, Woodland Hills, Edward C. Wilde, Beverly Hills, and Stuart L. Brody, Sacramento, for Defendants and Appellants.

Benjamin, Lugosi & Benjamin, Bela G. Lugosi, Robert N. Benjamin and Caroline H. Mankey, Glendale, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

FUKUTO, J.

Civil Code section 990 provides for liability for the use of a deceased personality's likeness "on or in products, merchandise, or goods."1 In this case, the trial court rendered judgment for damages under the statute, and an injunction, against an individual and a corporation that had sold lithographed copies of a sketch of the likenesses of three such personalities—the Three Stooges—as well as T-shirts bearing...

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