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Can I use a celebrity's name on a t-shirt?

Ok, here's a question for all you lawyer-pants friends. If I were to make a t-shirt utilizing my home printer and readily available materials from Wal-Mart and it contained the name of a celebrity or public figure on it, could I sell these shirts without getting into legal trouble? I've run into conflicting reports and would like to know for sure.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Yes you can as long as it doesn't have some fancy trademark design of the celebrity on it. Or say a singers latest CD cover art with it. Then it could be a copyright infringement.

  • Ti
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    No, you cannot print them up for commercial gain without the permission of the person whose image you are using.

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