2nd Circuit Affirms: Models’ False Endorsement Claims Foreclosed By Electra

(May 24, 2023, 12:23 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed summary judgment for the operators of a gentlemen’s club that used images of models in social media posts without their permission, rejecting the models’ argument that the lower court “misstepped by treating recognizability as the ‘bottom line’ barometer for strength of mark in false endorsement claims” under the Lanham Act....