Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 32-36-1-7 (2026)
"Right of publicity" defined
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 7. As used in this chapter, "right of publicity" means a personality's property interest in the personality's:
(1) name;
(2) voice;
(3) signature;
(4) photograph;
(5) image;
(6) likeness;
(7) distinctive appearance;
(8) gestures; or
(9) mannerisms.
[Pre-2002 Recodification Citation: 32-13-1-7.]
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.21.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2002–2024 · leading case: Akeem Daniels, Cameron Stingily, & Nicholas Stoner v. FanDuel, Inc. & DraftKings, Inc., 109 N.E.3d 390 (Ind. 2018).
Akeem Daniels, Cameron Stingily, & Nicholas Stoner v. FanDuel, Inc. & DraftKings, Inc., 109 N.E.3d 390 (Ind. 2018). “" Ind. Code § 32-36-1-7 . A person who violates this right of publicity may be liable for damages.”
Phillips v. Scalf, 778 N.E.2d 480 (Ind. Ct. App. 2002). “Ind.Code § 32-36-1-7 creates a “property right” in a personality’s right of publicity.”
\f.b.c.\", 122 N.E.3d 834 (2019). “See Ind. Code § 32-36-1-7 & -8. Hoosiers enjoy this protection throughout their lives and the transferrable right of publicity lives on for 100 years after death.”
LeSEA Inc v. LeSEA Broad. Corp. (N.D. Ind. 2021). “I.C. §32-36-1-7(1)-(9). LeSEA argues that the “rights and remedies set forth in the Publicity Statute ‘may be exercised and enforced by a person who possesses 2 a total of not less than one-half (1/2) interest of the personality’s recognized rights.”
Nasser v. The South Bend Clinic, LLC (N.D. Ind. 2024). “Ind. Code § 32-36-1-7 . A “personality” is a “living or deceased natural person” whose interest in one of these items “has commercial value, whether or not the person uses or authorizes the use of the person’s rights of publicity for a commercial purpose during the person’s…”
Boshears v. PeopleConnect Inc (W.D. Wash. 2022). “” Ind. Code Ann. § 32-36-1-7 (West); see 23 Ind.”
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LeSEA Inc v. LeSEA Broad. Corp. (N.D. Ind. 2021). “I.C. §32-36-1-7(1)-(9). LeSEA argues that the “rights and remedies set forth in the Publicity Statute ‘may be exercised and enforced by a person who possesses 2 a total of not less than one-half (1/2) interest of the personality’s recognized rights.”
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