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

IP and Legal Filings

The issue of safeguarding personality rights has grown in prominence because of the rising exploitation of various celebrities and renowned individuals. The personality rights in India are generally enforced in the context of Intellectual Property Laws. Varsha Productions, 2015 SCC OnLine Mad 158. [7]

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Parts 1 to 3 of this post (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof from 2015 to 2019 are available here , here and here. Copyright contract law (Sections 31 et seqq. Right of remuneration (Sections 32 et seqq. Capacity to be subject to legal action.

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IT’S THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT FOR ME: WHY CLAIMS AGAINST MEME CONTENT SHOULD NOT MATTER

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xxiv] Intellectual property law recognizes a limited monopoly-esque property right for the creator. xxv] Bargaining between rights holders and potential users can be described as a form of bilateral monopoly meaning that the transaction costs of bargaining are extremely high. 8, 2015), [link].

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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.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 1 of 4: Definition of a work, authorship and moral rights

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In order to bring readers up to date on earlier developments, over the next few days we will be republishing in four parts an article (originally published in “Auteurs & Media”) summarising case law from 2015 to 2019 organised by topic. This first part covers the definition of a work, authorship and moral rights.

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[Guest post] Could your beliefs about copyright be protected under the Equality Act?

The IPKat

Ms Gray was a writer and filmmaker, who had studied aspects of intellectual property law through a master’s degree in film. In 2015 she commenced work at Mulberry as a Market Support Assistant.