Legal Opinion
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar v. General Motors Corporation Leo Burnett Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 23, 1996No. 94-55597PublishedCited by 170 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge:
Former basketball star Kareem AbdulJabbar appeals the district court’s summary judgment in favor of General Motors Corporation (“GMC”) and its advertising agency, Leo Burnett Co., in his action alleging violations of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), and California’s statutory and common law right of publicity. Abdul-Jabbar argues that GMC violated his trademark and publicity rights by using his former name, Lew Alcindor, without his consent, in a television commercial aired during the 1993 NCAA men’s basketball tournament. The district court based its judgment…
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- Frazee v. Illinois Department of Employment SecuritySupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Lugosi v. Universal PicturesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1979
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3Cited by170 opinions
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