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• Legislative effort regarding the Right of Publicity in New York
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• Indiana case law on appropriation from 1949
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In The News

• Full text of 2012 amended Indiana Right of Publicity statute now on RightOfPublicity.com (5/15/13)
• Hollywood Reporter article on Right of Publicity and alleged Boston bombers (4/23/13)
• Lionsgate sued by former model Gita Hall for use of her image in Mad Men opening sequence (3/29/13)
• Chubby Checker files lawsuit against Hewlett Packard for unlicensed "Chubby Checker" mobile app (3/5/13)
• Olympic gold medalist Oksana Baiul sues NBC for violation of her Right of Publicity (2/27/13)
• Johnny Manziel files lawsuit over use of Johnny Football nickname (2/26/13)
• Angel Fraley v. Facebook: Right of Publicity and Sponsored Stories (2/3/13)
• Guns n' Roses' Duff McKagan comments on the Simpsons' Duff Beer (11/13/12)
• Forbes.com's "Top-Earning Dead Celebrities" List: A Halloween Tradition (10/24/12)
• Can Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas stop a third party trademark application for "Flying Squirrel?" (9/13/12)

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