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29 Feb 2024, 7:19 am by Eric Goldman
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11 Dec 2023, 5:30 am by jonathanturley
Samsung, a perfectly ludicrous ruling in which Vanna White successfully sued over the use of a robot with a blonde wig turning cards as the appropriation of her name or likeness. [read post]
11 Jul 2023, 5:27 am by jonathanturley
Evers is not the first to use what is called the Vanna White veto of flipping around words or numbers. [read post]
5 Jul 2023, 2:43 pm by Rick Hasen
The surprise move… Continue reading The post Vanna White Line-Item Veto Runs Amok in Wisconsin: “Tony Evers uses veto powers to extend annual increases for public schools for the next four centuries” appeared first on Election Law Blog. [read post]
7 Jun 2023, 9:05 pm by William McDonald
Schultz notes that courts have found right-of-publicity violations in the past when advertisements used identifiable characteristics of celebrities without their consent, such as when a Samsung ad featured a robotic game show host modeled after Wheel of Fortune co-host Vanna White. [read post]
28 Nov 2022, 5:00 am by jonathanturley
Samsung, a perfectly ludicrous ruling in which Vanna White successfully sued over the use of a robot with a blonde wig turning cards as the appropriation of her name or likeness. [read post]
28 Jun 2022, 8:58 am by Jessica Engler and Mary Love
Court of Appeals found Vanna White could seek damages from Samsung for an advertisement involving a futuristic female robot turning the letters on a game show board.[3] Although the advertisement did not mention Vanna White by name, or use her actual image, the court held Samsung may have violated the law by “attempt[ing] to capitalize on White’s fame to enhance their fortune. [read post]
23 Sep 2021, 9:11 am by Nicholas J. Krob
It has been enforced successfully by or on behalf of the likes of Johnny Carson, Clint Eastwood, Vanna White, Bette Midler, and the Three Stooges. [read post]
20 Sep 2021, 11:32 am by Eugene Volokh
Examples of well-plead endorsement include imitating Tom Waits's distinctive voice to sell Doritos and using a robot Vanna White to sell VCRs. [read post]
10 Mar 2020, 7:05 am
” announcer Gilbert and “Wheel of Fortune” hosts Pat Sajak and Vanna White are all older than 60, which the CDC says puts them at “higher risk of getting very sick from covid-19. [read post]
31 Jan 2019, 6:30 am by Jessica Gutierrez Alm
The Vanna White case also included a Lanham Act unfair competition claim. [read post]
4 Jun 2018, 9:39 am by Rebecca Tushnet
  Jury found that robot was Vanna White, and that she was endorsing the TV being advertised. [read post]
18 Feb 2018, 8:24 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
The Almanac feature celebrated the birthday of Vanna White, born as Vanna Marie Rosich on February 18, 1957. [read post]
6 Jan 2017, 8:02 am by Chris Castle
Another case along these lines that involved the misappropriation of a celebrity’s persona was brought by the Wheel of Fortune personality Vanna White (White v. [read post]
1 Sep 2016, 2:57 pm by Eugene Volokh
(Contrast with this the California right of publicity, which the Ninth Circuit federal appeals court held bars the use of a robot that wore hair and jewelry reminiscent of Vanna White and was posed in front of a “Wheel of Fortune”-like game board.) [read post]
11 Jul 2016, 9:30 am by Rebecca Tushnet
”  (But it’s plausible that consumers would think that Vanna White endorsed Samsung because a letter-turning blonde robot appeared in its ads?) [read post]
27 May 2016, 3:48 am
 In this case, Wheel of Fortune presenter Vanna White claimed that Samsung had infringed her right of publicity by creating an advertisement featuring a robot, wearing a dress, standing next to a replica of the ‘Wheel of Fortune’ board. [read post]