Legal Opinion
William M. Sonny Landham v. Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 18, 2000No. 99-5959PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.
William “Sonny” Landham claims that Defendants-Appellees Galoob Toys, Inc. (f/ k/a/ Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc.) (“Galoob”) and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. (“Fox”) violated his Kentucky-law “right of publicity” and federal Lanham Act rights by marketing without his permission an action figure of the character he played in the movie Predator. The district court entered summary judgment in favor of Galoob and Fox, and Landham timely appealed. Because we conclude that Land-ham has neither demonstrated that he has a public identity sufficient to support a claim…
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