Who Owns You After You Die, Inside the Estates of Deceased Celebrities

The importance of the decisions made during life can impact intellectual property after death, including postmortem rights of publicity. Celebrities face additional considerations regarding the right to publicity, social media, digital media, economic and tax ramifications, estate planning and estate representation. This seminar is a panel discussion with presentations from Professor of Law Jennifer Rothman and tax law expert and former Estate Tax Attorney at the Internal Revenue Service Priya Royal with questions from panelists basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and his business manager Deborah Morales.

This was held at the 2018 National Trademark Exposition on July 27, 2018 in the SC Johnson Conference Center at the National Museum of American History and offered Continuing Legal Education credits.