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Advent of AI Voice Generation and Threat to Personality Rights

IP and Legal Filings

The development of Artificial Intelligence, from being able to create edited photos to now generating deepfake videos that cannot be distinguished from real videos, has created an imminent threat to intellectual property rights and personality rights specifically. and includes both commercial and non-commercial aspects.

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Publicity Rights: An analysis of Amitabh Bachchan V. Rajat Nagi & Ors.

Intepat

Due to the extent of unlawful activity associated with the petitioner’s name and personality, the court granted a restraining order on 25 th November 2022 against various people and companies. What are Publicity Rights? 19 further provides the fundamental right to ensure the freedom of speech and expression of an individual.

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Fonts & Typefaces: Are they Copyrightable? 

SpicyIP

The question of copyrightability of fonts first came up for judicial consideration in 2002, before the Copyright Board in Re Anand Expanded Italics wherein the Board held that fonts are not copyrightable. Shivam is a recent graduate of the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

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The clash of artistic rights: Warhol, Goldsmith, and the boundaries of copyright in Brazil and in the U.S.

Kluwer Copyright Blog

5] Conversely, the Brazilian system is primarily rooted in personality rights, particularly human dignity as a constitutional basis to the Brazilian constitutional order, which is expressed by four different fundamental rights: (i) freedom, (ii) equality, (iii) physical and psychological integrity, and (iv) dignity stricto sensu. [6]

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

SpicyIP

[Delhi High Court] On September 20, the Delhi High Court granted relief to film actor Anil Kapoor against the unauthorised use of his image, name, voice, and other traits of his persona for monetary gain, reinforcing his personality rights. Sarl a A Sarogi , where the Court affirmed the position on descendability of publicity rights.

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