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Michelangelo’s David and cultural heritage images. The Italian pseudo-intellectual property and the end of public domain

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The ruling of the Tribunale was as follows: “unauthorized reproduction of the image of the nation’s State-protected cultural property, in a manner distorting the cultural purpose of the same property, constitutes a civil tort that must be compensated in both pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages”. 9 of the Constitution , art.

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Publicity Rights Concerning Sports Athletes

IP and Legal Filings

[i] In principle, the Delhi High Court has recognized publicity rights in the case of ICC Development (International) Ltd v Arvee Enterprises (2003). [ii] ii] It was the first given judgment dealing with publicity rights. Publicity rights have attracted considerable recognition in the field of intellectual property rights.

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The Court of Florence finds against Condé Nast for use of the image of the David by Michelangelo, recognizing image rights to the work of art

LexBlog IP

42 of 22 January 2004, hereinafter “Cultural Heritage Code”), which under Article 106 et seq. 42 of 22 January 2004, hereinafter “Cultural Heritage Code”), which under Article 106 et seq.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 12 – 18)

SpicyIP

Serious Comparative Advertising: Broadening the Definition. In this guest post , Sangita Sharma analyses the law around comparative advertisements in India. She contends that the ‘fair’ and ‘honest’ use thresholds under Section 30(1)(a) and (b) of the Trade Marks Act should come to the rescue of such advertisements. Other Posts.