Supreme Court Declines to Review ‘Cheers’ Case

“The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed the actors who played Norm and Cliff

on the hit television series “Cheers” to sue over the use of two

robots that the actors claim commercially exploited their

identities.” In this fascinating case, the legal principle of the “right to publicity” (in which celebrities retain the right to profit from their recognizeability) clashes with the copyright on the likenesses of the characters the actors played. Reuters