Marilyn Monroe's estate didn't inherit her publicity rights, Ninth Circuit rules

A federal appeals panel has ruled that the heirs to Marilyn Monroe's estate did not inherit the rights to her publicity because she was a resident of New York, where such rights are not recognized posthumously.

Source: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202569873805&rss=nlj

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