Archive for the ‘backlash’ Category
- In: backlash | BBC NEWS | cosmetics | entertainment | in | row | Thurman
- Leave a Comment
US actress Uma Thurman is countersuing French cosmetics firm Lancome for $15m (£8m) over the use of her name and face in advertising campaigns.
Thurman, 38, claims the firm boosted its sales by allowing her image to be used on Canadian billboards and Asian web sites after her contract expired.
Thurman’s legal action follows Lancome’s on Wednesday in Manhattan.
The firm denied breach of contract and asked the judge to dismiss Thurman’s original claim for $1m (£512,000).
Until then, lawyers on both sides had been trying to come to an out-of-court agreement.
The actress’s legal case claims Lancome enhanced its “prestige, stature and bargaining power” by helping retailers and others use her in advertising after September 2004.
The company gave the “false impression” Thurman was still linked to Lancome, her case says.
It also failed to tell wholesalers and retailers to stop using the ads that feature Thurman, said her lawyer Bertram Fields.
“Celebrities will now be careful about doing deals with Lancome,” he told Reuters.
“They continued to use her photographs long after the contract was over.”
Valleywag - valleywag.wordpress.com 
Recent Comments