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

IP and Legal Filings

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.

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Delhi High Court grants interim protection to Amitabh Bachchan against unauthorised use of his voice, photos & likeness

Selvam & Selvam Blog

The counsel on behalf of Mr Bachchan alleged that the defendants were violating the famous actor’s ‘publicity rights as a celebrity’ which have been recognised earlier by the court in Titan Industries Ltd. Ramkumar Jewellers, 2012 SCC OnLine Del 2382.

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Anil Kapoor Vs Simply Life India & Ors: An Unwavering Assurance In Safeguarding Personality Rights Against Ai

IP and Legal Filings

ABSTRACT There has been a dramatic increase in the commercial use of celebrity personalities by people not authorized to do so compared to the earlier times. Protecting personality rights has become a growing problem in India due to deepfakes, morphed pictures, etc. Interesting right? Puttaswamy v.

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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? For instance, in Titan Industries Ltd.

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Pride Month: Celebrating an LGBTQIA+ Leader in Data Collection and Advocacy

U.S. Department of Commerce

He came out New Year's Eve in 2011, going into 2012, and says “New Year's Eve is a really special time for me because it's the day I really came into my own.”. Supporting Pride month means supporting LGBTQIA+ individuals and seeing them as authentic people deserving of civil rights and protections.

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Unauthorized Photographs: The Rights Of The People We Capture

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

When it comes to celebrities and other public figures, the laws across Canada have established various personality rights to protect these individuals from the exploitation of their image or likeness. For instance, in Hay v Platinum Equities Inc.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 13- May 19) 

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The Court further held that the 2012 amendment has radically changed legal framework pertaining to rights of authors and has granted right to claim royalties for every occasions where their work is communicated to the public. The Peppy Stores & Ors.