Effective: April 3, 2003 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 266 – 124th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) “Persona” means an individual’s name, voice, signature, photograph, image, likeness, or distinctive appearance, if any of these aspects have commercial value. (B) “Commercial purpose” means the use of or reference to an aspect of an individual’s […]
Effective: April 7, 2009 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 248 – 127th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall not use any aspect of an individual’s persona for a commercial purpose: (1) During the individual’s lifetime; (2) For a period of sixty years after the date of the individual’s death; […]
Effective: November 22, 1999 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 54 – 123rd General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in section 2741.09 of the Revised Code, this chapter applies only to the following: (A) The right of publicity in the persona of an individual whose domicile or residence is in this state on or after the effective […]
Effective: November 22, 1999 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 54 – 123rd General Assembly The right of publicity in an individual’s persona is freely transferable and descendible, in whole or in part, by any of the following means: (A) Contract; (B) License; (C) Gift; (D) Trust; (E) Will; (F) Operation of the laws of intestate succession […]
Effective: November 22, 1999 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 54 – 123rd General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise expressly provided in an agreement transferring an aspect of an individual’s right of publicity, only the following persons may grant consent to use an individual’s persona for a commercial purpose: (1) A person or persons, including the individual […]
Effective: November 22, 1999 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 54 – 123rd General Assembly (A) The following persons may bring a civil action to enforce the rights set forth in this chapter: (1) A person or persons, including an individual whose right of publicity is at issue, who collectively own all of an individual’s right of […]
Effective: November 22, 1999 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 54 – 123rd General Assembly (A)(1) A person who violates section 2741.02 of the Revised Code is liable in a civil action to the person injured by the violation for the following: (a) Actual damages, including any profits derived from and attributable to the unauthorized use of […]
Effective: November 22, 1999 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 54 – 123rd General Assembly The remedies provided for in this chapter are in addition to any other remedies provided for by state or federal statute or common law.
Effective: November 22, 1999 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 54 – 123rd General Assembly (A) This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (1)(a) A literary work, dramatic work, fictional work, historical work, audiovisual work, or musical work regardless of the media in which the work appears or is transmitted, other than an advertisement […]
Effective: April 7, 2009 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 248 – 127th General Assembly Whoever violates division (A)(3) of section 2741.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. A criminal penalty imposed under this section is cumulative to a civil remedy under Chapter 2741. of the Revised Code.
