Traverse Legal Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2024

International Variations: Similar rights exist in other countries, often referred to as “personality rights” or “rights of persona.” 4th 677, 685 (2013). For non-celebrities, it can prevent emotional distress caused by unauthorized use of their identity. 3d 1268, 1273 n. 4 (9th Cir.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

Such an interpretation allows for a patentee to claim a right to prohibit another party’s export of allegedly infringing goods, thus going beyond what the statute actually offers. This judgment concerned the classification of payments under end-user license agreements (EULA). Engineering Analysis Centre for Excellence Pvt.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Notably, Monsanto’s matter had several layers including the State Governments seeking to regulate IP licensing fees, and the Indian seed companies who previously licensed technology from Monsanto, refusing to pay royalties to Monsanto. Speaking of late movie stars, one may wonder about the posthumous enforcement of celebrity rights.

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SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

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.

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Intepat

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

While copyright is distinct from other forms of intellectual property by focusing on personal rights, its primary role is to manage and protect knowledge. In March 2013, over 309 renowned authors and academics from around the world wrote to the publishers, urging them to withdraw the lawsuit.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Trade Wings Hotels Limited on 24 January [Bombay High Court] In an important order concerning enforcement of copyright in sound recordings, the Bombay High Court held that copyright owners like Phonographic Performance Ltd and Novex can issue music licenses even if they are not registered as copyright societies under the Copyright Act.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Shekhar Kapoor,where the former lady dacoit Phoolan Devi had protested against her portrayal in the film “Bandit Queen”,ruled that the right to privacy must encompass and protect the personal intimacies of the home, family, marriage, motherhood, procreation, and child rearing, irrespective of whether the person is a public figure.

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