Philosophy
Looks like a situation for lawyers Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe.
Albert Einstein is among the world's top-earning dead people, and an Israeli university that holds rights to his image is asking General Motors Co. to pay for putting the physics pioneer in a magazine ad.
The Detroit automaker grafted the Nobel Prize-winning German scientist's head onto the body of a buff, shirtless man in a Nov. 30 ad in People magazine.
The ad had the slogan "Ideas Are Sexy Too."
On May 19, Hebrew University of Jerusalem filed suit against GM in U.S. District Court for central California. The suit quotes Forbes magazine in 2008 as saying Einstein earned $18 million a year, fourth among deceased celebrities. He died in 1955.
GM spokeswoman Ryndee Carney tells The Detroit News that GM paid for rights to Einstein's image.
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Philosophy
Einstein advertisement
Looks like a situation for lawyers Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe.
"Hebrew University sues GM for People's Einstein ad"
May 26th, 2010
Associated Press
May 26th, 2010
Associated Press
Albert Einstein is among the world's top-earning dead people, and an Israeli university that holds rights to his image is asking General Motors Co. to pay for putting the physics pioneer in a magazine ad.
The Detroit automaker grafted the Nobel Prize-winning German scientist's head onto the body of a buff, shirtless man in a Nov. 30 ad in People magazine.
The ad had the slogan "Ideas Are Sexy Too."
On May 19, Hebrew University of Jerusalem filed suit against GM in U.S. District Court for central California. The suit quotes Forbes magazine in 2008 as saying Einstein earned $18 million a year, fourth among deceased celebrities. He died in 1955.
GM spokeswoman Ryndee Carney tells The Detroit News that GM paid for rights to Einstein's image.
- Einstein Quotes
Well, this is supposed to be the "ultimate" Einstein quotes edited by Alice Calaprice who is "...a renowned expert on Albert Einstein and was a longtime senior editor at Princeton University Press. She has worked with the Collected Papers of Albert Einstein...
- 80,000 Einstein Documents Now Online
"Original Einstein manuscripts posted online"byDaniel EstrinMarch 19th, 2012Associated PressAlbert Einstein's complete archives — from personal correspondence with half a dozen lovers to notebooks scribbled with his groundbreaking scientific research...
- Deceased--evelyn Einstein
Evelyn Einstein 1941 to April 13th, 2011 "Evelyn Einstein Dies at 70; Shaped by a Link to Fame" by Douglas Martin April 18th, 2011 The New York Times Evelyn Einstein, whose tumultuous life as the granddaughter of Albert Einstein was both defined and...
- "another Einstein?" Poll
Will there ever be an iconic figure like Einstein again? Yes...6 No...1 Perhaps...3 Hard to predict, but I doubt it. Einstein was historically in the right place at the right time. Einstein was part of the Classical Age of Physics, explained a far reaching...
- Einstein Merchandise Still Brings Bucks
Like the popular and successful Energizer Bunny the flow of dollars continues for marketed Einstein goodies...iconography has its rewards especially for whomever holds the strings for the Einstein merchandise. "Dead 53 years, Albert Einstein still rakes...