The right of publicity in an individual’s persona is freely transferable and descendible, in whole or in part, by any of the following means:

Terms Used In Ohio Code 2741.04

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Persona: means an individual's name, voice, signature, photograph, image, likeness, or distinctive appearance, if any of these aspects have commercial value. See Ohio Code 2741.01
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Right of publicity: means the property right in an individual's persona to use the individual's persona for a commercial purpose. See Ohio Code 2741.01
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59

(A) Contract;

(B) License;

(C) Gift;

(D) Trust;

(E) Will;

(F) Operation of the laws of intestate succession applicable to the state administering the majority of the real and personal property of an individual who died intestate, regardless of whether that state recognizes the right of publicity as a property right.