Accessory designer prevails in lawsuit brought by Frankie Edith Kerouac Parker’s estate

United States of America

In this dispute over the use of the name Edie Parker (the first wife of Jack Kerouac and a figure of the Beat Generation), a US district court has held that the common law right of publicity cannot be used to deprive a defendant of its federally-secured trademark rights.

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