Promotional Press Releases are Commercial Speech
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009General Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager (Ret.) v. Cingular Wireless LLC et al., 673 F.Supp.2d 1089 (E.D. Cal. 2009)
Back in July of 2008, TMLB reported on a case between Gen. Chuck Yeager and AT&T. Cingular (acquired by AT&T) referenced Yeager’s breaking the sound barrier in a press release on its technology to provide cellular service after disasters. Yeager sued based on missappropriation of his likeness and AT&T demurred. The court ruled Yeager had pleaded sufficiently and denied AT&T’s motion. Read the original post here.
Well, AT&T is back and this time, it’s aiming an MSJ. (more…)
