Commons talk:Personality rights

 

quoting Federal statute

For future reference, here's a quotation from 15 U.S.C. 1125(a)(1), as amended, in relevant part, and with emphasis added: "(1) Any person who, on or in connection with any goods or services, or any container for goods, uses in commerce any word, term, name, symbol, or device, or any combination thereof, or any false designation of origin, false or misleading description of fact, or false or misleading representation of fact, which ... (A) is likely to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive as to the affiliation, connection, or association of such person with another person, or as to the origin, sponsorship, or approval of his or her goods, services, or commercial activities by another person ... shall be liable in a civil action by any person who believes that he or she is or is likely to be damaged by such act." ("shall be liable in a civil action by any person who believes that he or she is or is likely to be damaged by such act." not part of (a)(1)(A)). This statute is apparently as amended in 1988 (and as effective in late 1989) and as accessed via http://www.gpo.gov December 7, 2012. Nick Levinson (talk) 16:33, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

whether essay historical or present-day

The essay has been tagged as historical. Please explain how that is so. Since it is mainly about law, if the law has changed, please cite a source showing a change in the law, especially that the law no longer exists (and thus is only historical), if so. Other kinds of legal changes should perhaps be reported in the essay, but that would not make the essay historical. I plan to delete the tag if unjustified or unexplained. I'll wait a week for any response. Nick Levinson (talk) 02:32, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Nick Levinson, I removed the tag. I can't really figure out why it was tagged that way in the first place. WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:19, 23 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. Nick Levinson (talk) 03:11, 24 October 2015 (UTC)