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Paule McKenna v. Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., et al.
Paid petition · Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, No. B304256, B310814 · judgment February 15, 2023
Certiorari denied · October 10, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Does the Lanham Act properly prohibit the unauthorized use of a celebrity’s persona advertising third party brands with logos in a commercial motion picture as a trademark infringement?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
David Zarmi
Zarmi Law
For respondent
Louis P. Petrich
Ballard Spahr LLP
Proceedings
- Oct 10 2023Petition DENIED.
- Sep 20 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2023.
- Sep 14 2023Waiver of right of respondent Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., et al. to respond filed.
- Sep 05 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 12, 2023)
- Jul 20 2023Application (23A46) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until September 5, 2023.
- Jul 14 2023Application (23A46) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 25, 2023 to September 5, 2023, submitted to Justice Kagan.