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Bette Midler won a lawsuit over a soundalike in a Ford commercial. Ford first approached her to do the ad and when she turned them down, they hired an imitator.
by not2b 3y ago
Bette Midler won a lawsuit over a soundalike in a Ford commercial. Ford first approached her to do the ad and when she turned them down, they hired an imitator.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midler_v._Ford_Motor_Co https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midler_v._Ford_Motor_Co.
- dragonwriter 3y agoYes, but that's not on false advertising grounds, its on California state common law right of personality grounds. The question about whether it was a false advertising violation, not whether it might be actionable under state law on some other grounds.