right of publicity

right of publicity. The right to control the use of one’s own name, picture, or likeness and to prevent another from using it for commercial benefit without one’s consent. [Cases: Torts 8.5(6). C.J.S. Right of Privacy and Publicity §§ 9–16, 40–43, 45.] “The right of publicity is a state-law created intellectual property right whose infringement […]

The right to control the use of one’s own name, picture, or likeness and to prevent another from using it for commercial benefit without one’s consent. [Cases: Torts 8.5(6). C.J.S. Right of Privacy and Publicity §§ 9–16, 40–43, 45.]