Legal Opinion
Rosa Parks v. Laface Records
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 2, 2003No. 99-2495PublishedCited by 150 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOLSCHUH, District Judge.
This is a dispute over the name of a song. Rosa Parks is a civil rights icon who first gained prominence during the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott in 1955. She brings suit against LaFace Records, a record producer, and OutKast, a “rap” (or “hip-hop”) music duo, as well as several other named affiliates, for using her name as the title of their song, Rosa Parks. Parks contends that Defendants’ use of her name constitutes false advertising under § 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a), and intrudes on her common law right of publicity under Michigan state…
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