October 9-10, 2000
I. Preemption cases
A. Patentee not required to pay royalties beyond the end of patent term - Brulotte, p. 465
B. No licensee estoppel - Lear v. Adkins, p. 470
C. Kewanee Oil, p. 477
D. Aronson, p. 486
II. Right of publicity
A. History - see Pavesich v. New England Life Inc. Co., cited p. 503III. Performance Style1. Haelan Labs., Inc. v. Tops Chewing Gum, Inc., cited p. 503B. State law issues2. Definition of right of publicity
3. Attributes that can be protected
1. Descendability -- See Lugosi, cited p. 5072. Restatement of Unfair Competition
3. Midler, note 4, p. 508
4. Waits, note 5, p. 508
5. Astaire v. Best Film and Video, 116 F.3d 1297 (9th Cir. 1997), amended by 136 F.3d 1208 (9th Cir. 1998),
A. Celebrity images, style
1. Vanna White case, p. 5222. Wendt v. Host Int'l Inc., cited note 3, p. 533
3. Church Lady
B. Imitation groups
1. Elvis - what is appropriated of value?C. Right of publicity & the Internethttp://sunsite.unc.edu/elvis/honey.wav
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pjones/HoundDawg.au
2. Elvis websites
a. General3. Elvis Impersonatorshttp://sunsite.unc.edu/elvis/elvishom.html
b. Church of Elvis
http://chelsea.ios.com/~hkarlin1/welcome.html
http://www.mit.edu:8001/activities/41West/humour/Elvis_vs_Jesus.html
a. El Vezhttp://members.aol.com/elvezco/main.htm4. Apple Corps Ltd. v. Leber, 229 U.S.P.Q. 1015 (Cal. Supr. 1986)b. Flying Elvi
http://www.3-stooges.com