Models Fail to Revive Strip Club Endorsement Claims at 2nd Cir.

Twenty models couldn’t show two strip clubs’ use of their images would confuse consumers as required in a Lanham Act false endorsement claim, the Second Circuit affirmed.

The models weren’t recognizable enough to potential customers of Sin City Caberet and Show Palace Gentlemen’s Club for advertisements to confuse consumers, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Wednesday. The panel also affirmed a district court’s finding that all but one of their right of publicity claims, which didn’t require them to be recognizable, were time-barred.

The case is one of a series filed by The Casas Law Firm ...