and just for giggles here's a list of the most significant "right of publicity" cases to date :-) Lots of caselaw precedents 1)Wendt vs Paramount Studios.... George Wendt & John Ratzenberg from the show "Cheers" brought suit against Paramount to prevent them from creating & using animatronic "Norm & Cliff" robots (Paramount called them "Hank *& Bob") in a series of Cheers type airport bars. 2)ETW vs Jireh publishing.... Professional golfer Tiger Woods sued a sports artist claiming that the artists limited edition print infringed his copyright and violated his common law Right of Publicity 3)Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc. v. Capece... Elvis Presley Enterprises sued a restaurant owner alleging that the name of the restaurant, The Velvet Elvis, infringed or diluted plaintiffs federal and common law trademarks and violated its Right of Publicity in Elvis Presleys name. 4)White v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc... Vanna White sued Samsung for creating an ad that included a robot in a blond wig and fancy dress standing on a game show set similar to the set used on the television show "Wheel of Fortune. 5)Midler v. Ford Motor Co.... Bette Midler sued Ford because they used a sound-alike to imitate her voice in a commercial. Results (thought I was going to make you look them up didn't you? :-) 1) Settled out of court after Supreme Court refused to dismiss the case 2) Tiger Woods lost 3) EPE won 4) Ms White won 5) Ms Midler won