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Ninth Circuit Draws Line On Red Carpet In Determining Consent In Right Of Publicity Cases by Dominick R. Cromartie
Davis & Gilbert LLP - New York Office
Neal H. Klausner
Davis & Gilbert LLP - New York Office
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August 3, 2012
Previously published on August 2012
The Ninth Circuit struck a blow to celebrities seeking to expand the protections provided under the right of publicity by holding that, under California law, consent to advertise a celebrity’s photo may be implied in certain contexts when the celebrity has consented to being photographed. In Jones v. Corbis, Shirley Jones, a former Partridge Family star, sued an online provider of photo image licensing for displaying her image to potential licensees without her consent.
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