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9th Circuit: Unauthorized Bob Marley Shirts Constituted False Endorsement

 
Janie Thompson
March 2, 2015

Is that an official Bob Marley shirt you’re wearing?  In Fifty-Six Hope Road Music, Ltd. V. A.V.E.L.A. Inc., the Ninth Circuit recently affirmed a jury decision finding that defendants’ use of Bob Marley’s image on T-shirts and other merchandise constituted false endorsement under the Lanham Act and intentional interference with a prospective economic advantage.

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