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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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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 12 – 18)

SpicyIP

She highlights that the Court refused to afford post mortem protection to personality rights of the actor. Nishtha emphasises that in determining whether the deceased possessed personality rights enforceable by his heirs, the Court based its reasoning on the intertwining between privacy and publicity rights.