No. 23-228
Paule McKenna v. Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., et al.
Response Waived
Experienced Counsel
Tags: advertising brand-logos celebrity-persona celebrity-rights commercial-speech commercial-use lanham-act motion-picture trademark-infringement
Key Terms:
Trademark
Trademark
Latest Conference:
2023-10-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the Lanham Act prohibit the unauthorized use of a celebrity's persona in advertising third party brands with logos in a commercial motion picture as a trademark infringement?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Does the Lanham Act properly prohibit the unauthorized use of a celebrity’s persona advertising third party brands with logos in a commercial motion picture as a trademark infringement?
Docket Entries
2023-10-10
Petition DENIED.
2023-09-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
2023-09-14
Waiver of right of respondent Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., et al. to respond filed.
2023-09-05
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 12, 2023)
2023-07-20
Application (23A46) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until September 5, 2023.
2023-07-14
Application (23A46) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 25, 2023 to September 5, 2023, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Attorneys
Paule McKenna
David Zarmi — Zarmi Law, Petitioner
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., et al.
Louis P. Petrich — Ballard Spahr LLP, Respondent