What if Coco Chanel had been the plaintiff in Smith v. Chanel? This question made me very happy, and I got a bunch of interesting answers on my final:
Kim Kardashian is famous for being famous. She is a highly successful influencer whose Instagram endorsements cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. She has lent her name to a perfume, KARDASHIAN BY KIM.
Beautified also sells perfume. Beautified begins an ad campaign that states, “If you like Kardashian by Kim, you’ll love Beautified, with the same yummy smell but a lower price!”
Assume there are no choice of law or other procedural issues. Explain why Beautified is or is not liable on Kardashian’s right of publicity claim under California law.
would love to see some of the answers.
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