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Copyright Preemption And The Right Of Publicity, Jennifer Rothman Nov 2002

Copyright Preemption And The Right Of Publicity, Jennifer Rothman

Faculty Scholarship at Penn Carey Law

This article addresses the conflict between an ever-expanding right of publicity and the federally guaranteed rights provided by copyright law. This conflict is highlighted in the Wendt v. Host International case in which the actors George Wendt and John Ratzenberger from Cheers used the right of publicity to prevent the show's creators from licensing the use of the Norm and Cliff characters in the decor of a chain of airport bars. Even though the licensing of the characters was explicitly allowed under copyright law, the Ninth Circuit held that the right of publicity prevented the creators from doing so. Similarly, …


Teaching Real Torts: Using Barry Werth's Damages In The Law School Classroom, Tom Baker Jul 2002

Teaching Real Torts: Using Barry Werth's Damages In The Law School Classroom, Tom Baker

Faculty Scholarship at Penn Carey Law

No abstract provided.


Masthead Jan 2002

Masthead

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law

No abstract provided.


Reconsidering Estoppel: Patent Administration And The Failure Of Festo, R. Polk Wagner Jan 2002

Reconsidering Estoppel: Patent Administration And The Failure Of Festo, R. Polk Wagner

Faculty Scholarship at Penn Carey Law

No abstract provided.


Never Trust A Corporation, William W. Bratton Jan 2002

Never Trust A Corporation, William W. Bratton

Faculty Scholarship at Penn Carey Law

No abstract provided.


Commercial Speech And The Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrine: A Second Look At "The Greater Includes The Lesser", Mitchell N. Berman Jan 2002

Commercial Speech And The Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrine: A Second Look At "The Greater Includes The Lesser", Mitchell N. Berman

Faculty Scholarship at Penn Carey Law

No abstract provided.


Venture Capital On The Downside: Preferred Stock And Corporate Control, William W. Bratton Jan 2002

Venture Capital On The Downside: Preferred Stock And Corporate Control, William W. Bratton

Faculty Scholarship at Penn Carey Law

No abstract provided.


How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Pill: Adaptive Responses To Takeover Law, Marcel Kahan, Edward B. Rock Jan 2002

How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Pill: Adaptive Responses To Takeover Law, Marcel Kahan, Edward B. Rock

Faculty Scholarship at Penn Carey Law

No abstract provided.


Towards An Integrated Theory Of Intellectual Property, Gideon Parchomovsky, Peter Siegelman Jan 2002

Towards An Integrated Theory Of Intellectual Property, Gideon Parchomovsky, Peter Siegelman

Faculty Scholarship at Penn Carey Law

No abstract provided.


Dangerous Liaisons: Corporate Law, Trust Law, And Interdoctrinal Legal Transplants, Edward B. Rock, Michael L. Wachter Jan 2002

Dangerous Liaisons: Corporate Law, Trust Law, And Interdoctrinal Legal Transplants, Edward B. Rock, Michael L. Wachter

Faculty Scholarship at Penn Carey Law

No abstract provided.


Put-Call Parity And The Law, Michael S. Knoll Jan 2002

Put-Call Parity And The Law, Michael S. Knoll

Faculty Scholarship at Penn Carey Law

No abstract provided.


Enron And The Dark Side Of Shareholder Value, William W. Bratton Jan 2002

Enron And The Dark Side Of Shareholder Value, William W. Bratton

Faculty Scholarship at Penn Carey Law

No abstract provided.


Securities Regulation As Lobster Trap: A Credible Commitment Theory Of Mandatory Disclosure, Edward B. Rock Jan 2002

Securities Regulation As Lobster Trap: A Credible Commitment Theory Of Mandatory Disclosure, Edward B. Rock

Faculty Scholarship at Penn Carey Law

No abstract provided.