COMEDY III PRODUCTIONS, INC., Plaintiff and Respondent,
v.
GARY SADERUP, INC., et al., Defendants and Appellants.
Supreme Court of California.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
April 30, 2001.
April 30, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Cooper, Kardaras & Scharf, Brand Cooper, Pasadena, Victor E. Aguilera, Sherman Oaks, James C. Potepan, Edward C. Wilde 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.
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips and Mark S. Lee, Los Angeles, for The Autry Survivor's Trust, ETW Corporation, The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund and Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.
Geffner & Bush, Leo Geffner and Jospeh A. Kohanski, Burbank, for Screen Actors Guild, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.
David S. Welkowitz as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.
Margaret A. Boulware; Ross J. Charap, New York, NY; Morton D. Goldberg; Joseph N. Welch, Sacramento; Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, Joseph F. Jennings, Newport Beach, Joseph S. Cianfrani and Joseph R. Re for American Intellectual Property Law Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.
Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro, Kevin J. Leichter, Los Angeles, Caroline H. Mankey, Glendale; Law Offices of Robert A. Finkelstein and Robert A. Finkelstein for Wayne Enterprises, Inc., Sheffield Enterprises, Inc., Global Icons LLC and Groucho Marx Productions, Inc., as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.
Supreme Court of California.
MOSK, J.
A California statute grants the right of publicity to specified successors in interest of deceased celebrities, prohibiting any other person from using a celebrity's name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness for commercial purposes without the consent of such successors. (Former Civ.Code, § 990.)1 The United States Constitution prohibits the states from abridging...
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