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A '''right of publicity'''
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A '''right of publicity''' depends on state law.  For a deceased celebrity, the law of the state where the person died is controlling:
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{{cquote|[C]laims under [California] section 3344.1 are only available if the decedent was domiciled at the time of death in a place that recognizes a post-mortem right of publicity. ''See, e.g.'', ''Milton H. Greene Archives, Inc. v. Marilyn Monroe LLC'', 692 F.3d 983, 1000 (9th Cir. 2012) ("Because Monroe died domiciled in New York, New York law applies to the question of whether Monroe LLC has the right to enforce Monroe's posthumous right of publicity."). See also 1 J. Thomas McCarthy, ''Rights of Publicity & Privacy'', § 6:39 (2d ed. 2017) ("Unless a person dies a domiciliary of California, the California post-mortem right of publicity does not create a property right as part of the estate."); 1 J. Thomas McCarthy, ''Rights of Publicity & Privacy'', § 11:15 ("Almost all courts follow the rule that the existence or non-existence of a post-mortem right of publicity is determined by the law of the state of domicile at the time of death.").}}
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''Bravado Int'l Grp. v. Gearlaunch, Inc.'', No. CV 16-8657-MWF(CWx), 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 226642, at *24-25 (C.D. Cal. Feb. 9, 2018).
    
==Compared with False Endorsement==
 
==Compared with False Endorsement==
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