Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is entitled to trial on Lanham Act and

107 Pages·1997·0.19 MB·English

ENTERTAINMENT LAW REPORTER
RECENT CASES
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is entitled to trial on Lanham
Act and right of publicity claims against General
Motors and its ad agency, based on unauthorized use
of his former name, Lew Alcindor, in television
commercial
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, 85 F.3d 407,
Abdul-Jabbar v. General Motors Corp.
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]4:11:81
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unreasonable, because all receipts were reported and
nature of deductions was disclosed, appellate court
rules in reversing a portion of the judgment in case
between Boston’s Tom Scholz and his former man-
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