SpicyIP

JULY 29, 2021

But as I will discuss in this post, they fulfill the eligibility criteria as provided under the Copyright Act, 1957. Typeface’ refers to the particular design of letters, numbers, marks and symbols. Debunking the ‘no copyright for fonts’ Argument. This is perhaps why fonts cannot be copyrighted in the US.

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Copyright Artistic Work Copyright Law Fair Use 126

IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

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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Personality Rights Privacy Social Media Copyright 64

Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

This has already emerged in previous and not-so-old cases on the copyright/cultural heritage intersection, even though from relatively different perspectives. 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.

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Public Domain Copyright Law Artwork 98

SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

In 2019 Kibow and its exclusive licensee Centaur filed a suit against La Renon and its manufacturer Stanford Labs seeking a permanent injunction alleging that their patent was being infringed. In ‘congratulating’ newsmakers , advertisers open themselves up to accusations of unauthorizedly infringing on personality rights.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. The Court delineated instances like parody and satire where free speech in the context of well-known persons may be protected. Microsoft Technology Licensing v.

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IP Copyright Trademark Intellectual Property 124