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The Interplay of Personality Rights and Freedom of Expression- the Jackie Shroff’s Case’

IP and Legal Filings

The personality rights in India are generally enforced in the context of Intellectual Property Laws. In the absence of a separate law safeguarding personality rights, the court granted relief by invoking passing off as governed under the Trade Marks law. Ramkumar Jewellers, 2012 (50) PTC 486 (Del). [9]

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Can Celebrity Catchphrases be Intellectually Protected?

IIPRD

Catchphrases in Copyright and Trademark Law Copyright law guarantees artists the protection of their creative work while allowing others to expand upon it through its legislations. are generally not protected by copyright law. iv] 2012(51)PTC 251(Del). [v] In Reebok India v. 541 of 2019.

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The Modern Copyright Dilemma: Digital Content Ownership and Access

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction The Intellectual property laws are designed in such a way that not only reward the creator of his intellectual creation thereby incentivising other creators for further innovation, while balancing the rights of the creator with the right of the society to access information or knowledge.