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& Ors that has once again brought to the spotlight the debate of balancing the protection of celebrity personalityrights and the freedom of expressions and parodical use. Rights or Wrong?: Are We Going in the Correct Direction for PersonalityRights? India Pride Advisory Private Ltd. &
However, this article will discuss the reasoning of the court with respect to relief claimed by the Plaintiff against a creator of a YouTube video who compiled the interviews of the plaintiff and depicted his personality as ‘thug life’ The plaintiff contended that such videos portrayed him in a derogatory manner. million views.
Neela Film”), issued an ex-parte ad-interim injunction against the defendants, including websites, e-commerce platforms, YouTube channels and ‘John Doe’ parties, restraining them from infringing the copyright and trademark of the makers of the popular Hindi television sitcom “Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma” (“TMKOC”). Rajat Nagi & Ors.
Explaining why and how such seemingly innocuous posts infringe on the shooter’s personalityrights, we are pleased to bring to our readers this post by SpicyIP intern Tejas Misra. PersonalityRights: Publicity or Privacy? In 2011, in the landmark case of Titan Industries Ltd.
The current statute provides protection of these celebrity rights under trademark law, copyright law as well as passing off action for infringing the said rights. PersonalityRights: Personality is an attribute through which an individual is recognized in the society, depending upon the talent they possess.
Image Sources : Shutterstock] Legal rights in domain names can be derived from these sources: registration of the name as a trademark ; prolonged use of the name for trading; or the biological name of a person. the owner of the well-known trademark “Yahoo!” 4] (2011) 181 DLT 716. Akash Arora and Ors. [1]
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