On behalf of Lawrence G. Townsend, Intellectual Property Lawyer | Dec 18, 2019 | Right Of Publicity
We recently told readers about a California bill under consideration in the state legislature called the Fair Pay to Play Act. Since then, the legislation has become law and will take effect in 2023. California’s move is groundbreaking in the world of collegiate...
On behalf of Lawrence G. Townsend, Intellectual Property Lawyer | Sep 20, 2019 | Right Of Publicity
At our law firm, we represent people who are fighting to protect their exclusive right to use their persona commercially under state right-of-publicity law. The law encompasses an individual’s right to use their own “name, voice, signature, photograph, or...
On behalf of Lawrence G. Townsend, Intellectual Property Lawyer | Oct 5, 2018 | Right Of Publicity
At Lawrence G. Townsend, Intellectual Property Lawyer, in San Francisco, we represent people asserting their rights of publicity as well as defending such lawsuits. The right of publicity protects people from unauthorized commercial use of their “name, voice,...
On behalf of Lawrence G. Townsend, Intellectual Property Lawyer | Aug 12, 2018 | Right Of Publicity, Trademark Law
On July 31, the surviving family of iconic actor Steve McQueen filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles state court against luxury auto maker Ferrari for calling a limited-edition Ferrara “The McQueen” without permission. The car is brown, apparently in tribute to a...
On behalf of Lawrence G. Townsend, Intellectual Property Lawyer | May 10, 2018 | Right Of Publicity
At our San Francisco law firm, we represent people whose identities have been exploited for commercial benefit without our clients’ permission. The “right of publicity” means that a person’s “name, voice, signature, photograph, or...
On behalf of Lawrence G. Townsend, Intellectual Property Lawyer | Mar 24, 2016 | Right Of Publicity
Personal Image Protection: A veteran of the Iraq War filed a right of publicity complaint against the producers of the award-winning film “The Hurt Locker based on the portrayal of his character as the IED disposal expert. Put simply, the issue was whether...
On behalf of Lawrence G. Townsend, Intellectual Property Lawyer | Jan 18, 2016 | Right Of Publicity
-Target’s Rosa Park Plaque- Personal Image Protection: What better way for the Image Protection blawg to celebrate Martin Luther King Day than to have a brand new and significant right of publicity case involving the life of Rosa Parks? As any student of history...
