Prop1 Class 5 – Property in Yourself

January 29th, 2014

Today we will discuss how you can own property in yourself.

The lecture notes are here, and the live chat is here. Here is a recent article about the rights of publicity of college football players.

First, we’ll do the case of Vanna White v. Samsung Electronic America.

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The dissental was authored by Judge Kozinski, a colorable character on the 9th Circuit.

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Here is the image of robot Vanna White. Alas neither of these predictions of the year 2012 came true (well played, Mayans).

Vanna-White

 

To learn more about property rights in cell lines, I highly commend you read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. This article in Salon discusses it.