Ask HN: I want to name a library after a dead person. Do I need permission?

2 pointskite_and_code3y ago1 comments

Background: The San Jose State University library is called Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. library.

If you want to do a similar thing. Whose permission do you need for using the name? What if the person is still alive e.g. Barack Obama Library?

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This article has a lot of background on the subject, even if not Einstein:

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2 pointskite_and_code3y ago1 comments

Background: The San Jose State University library is called Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. library.

If you want to do a similar thing. Whose permission do you need for using the name? What if the person is still alive e.g. Barack Obama Library?

This article has a lot of background on the subject, even if not Einstein:

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse