
Prof. Jennifer Rothman recently penned a piece at Slate exploring the “growing threat to the next Brooke Shields of the world.”
In “What Happened to Brooke Shields Was Awful. It Could Have Been Worse.” at Slate, Jennifer E. Rothman, Nicholas F. Gallicchio Professor of Law, explains why it is important to ensure that children retain their rights to their own identity through the lens of the history of the exploitation of child performers.
Rothman is nationally recognized for her scholarship in the field of intellectual property law. She is the leading expert on the right of publicity and is frequently sought after to consult on legislation, high-profile litigation, and the development of creative projects. Rothman holds a secondary appointment at Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication.
Rothman’s book, The Right of Publicity: Privacy Reimagined for a Public World, published by Harvard University Press, addresses some of these concerns in what has been described as the “definitive biography of the right of publicity.” Her essays and articles regularly appear in top law reviews and journals; “Navigating the Identity Thicket: Trademark’s Lost Theory of Personality, the Right of Publicity, and Preemption” was published in the Harvard Law Review in 2022 and featured in Advances in Research, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s annual premier publication that highlights outstanding faculty research and scholarship.
Rothman has also created Rothman’s Roadmap to the Right of Publicity, an online resource that provides a comprehensive analysis of state right of publicity laws and commentary on recent cases and legislation.
From Slate: