tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764290.post6636235964099775757..comments2024-03-22T08:01:16.236-04:00Comments on Rebecca Tushnet's 43(B)log: Coat ad using Obama's picture draws interestUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764290.post-989549386712785922010-01-13T14:32:37.382-05:002010-01-13T14:32:37.382-05:00They moved the ad to the entrance of the Queens Mi...They moved the ad to the entrance of the Queens Midtown Tunnel. Real underhanded of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764290.post-29498720405032689372010-01-07T18:47:39.164-05:002010-01-07T18:47:39.164-05:00I doubt the White House will bring suit, but I'...I doubt the White House will bring suit, but I'd like to see Weatherproof pay punitives for this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764290.post-65553564039129904672010-01-06T18:18:02.221-05:002010-01-06T18:18:02.221-05:00There are prohibitions on registering a trademark ...There are prohibitions on registering a trademark using the president's name, but I don't recall a ban on all advertising using the president's name or likeness; and it's not in title 18 ch. 33, where most of the prohibitions on using official names/indicia in ads live. Nor would a ban that broad likely be constitutional. Protection, if any, would likely come from state right of publicity law; I haven't seen anyone cite a specific law even though Obama's team has made occasional noises. Obviously Obama, like anyone else, could stop false endorsements, and in the ordinary course a celebrity appearing in an ad is taken to be endorsing. But practically, the risks seem low, especially since Obama is vanishingly unlikely to seek damages as the average celebrity would.RThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00850241338827117087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764290.post-17175892946954522712010-01-06T17:50:28.309-05:002010-01-06T17:50:28.309-05:00Isn't is illegal to use the image of the Presi...Isn't is illegal to use the image of the President, specifically, in advertising? I'm half-remembering an incident where a TV station got into trouble for running a promo/commercial for one of Ronald Reagan's movies, either while he was in office or shortly thereafter. (I heard about it in the mid-1990s.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com