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Personality Rights In India : A Statutory And Judicial Analysis

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Introduction Personality rights refer to a person’s ability to safeguard his or her identity in the context of a property or privacy right. Celebrities value these rights since their names, images, or even voices may be inappropriately used in commercials by various businesses to increase sales. Puttaswamy v.

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The puzzled tie of copyright, cultural heritage and public domain in Italian law: is the Vitruvian Man taking on unbalanced proportions?

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On top of that, as the case demonstrates, the public domain may receive other threats from an aggressive extension of the scope of personality rights. 2] Tribunale di Palermo, decided on September 15, 2017 and published on September 21, 2017. [3] 15 B.C.). 4] Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale (T.A.R.)

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 3 – March 9)

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PPL, claiming ownership over public performance rights via assignments from music labels, alleged infringement after its representatives discovered unlicensed use of its repertoire. Later, he discovered the trademark had expired since 2002 without prior notice, violating Rule 58(3) of the Trade Marks Rules, 2017.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

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[Delhi High Court] On May 23, the Delhi High Court passed an interesting jud gement on the issue of ownership of the copyright in a film screenplay and held that the copyright in the screenplay of the film ‘Nayak’, lay with Satyajit Ray and on his demise, with his son Sandip Ray and the Society for Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives (SPSRA).

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 13- May 19) 

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The Court expressly held that ownership of copyright by producers does not limit the composers copyright. on 15 May, 2024 (Delhi High Court) Image from here The present suit was filed by the plaintiff, a Hindi film actor, alleging infringement of his personality rights, trademarks, and copyright by different defendants.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2024

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T Series And Another vs M/S Dreamline Reality Movies on 22 February [Punjab and Haryana High Court] The case concerned the adaptation of late Jaswinder Kaurs biography into a cinematographic film and deals with interplay of copyright with personality rights. The Rules are aimed at amending the Trade Marks Rules, 2017.

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