2023 Personality Rights Trademark Law 
IP and Legal Filings
MAY 17, 2024
The development of Artificial Intelligence, from being able to create edited photos to now generating deepfake videos that cannot be distinguished from real videos, has created an imminent threat to intellectual property rights and personality rights specifically. and includes both commercial and non-commercial aspects.
SpicyIP
AUGUST 26, 2024
However, its specific emphasis on protecting certain elements of the whole scheme of copyrighted content, such as fictional characters and the distinctive personas they embody, has been a focal point, contributing substantially to the discourse surrounding the ever-expanding ambit of copyrightability as well as personality rights.
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SpicyIP
AUGUST 27, 2021
The article endorses an intellectual property approach to understand the right and its infringement. This is achieved by understanding the parallels between publicity right and trademark law. Throughout the article, the author derives insights from US case laws which have had a considerable influence on Indian courts.
IP and Legal Filings
APRIL 10, 2025
The current statute provides protection of these celebrity rights under trademark law, copyright law as well as passing off action for infringing the said rights. Personality Rights: Personality is an attribute through which an individual is recognized in the society, depending upon the talent they possess.
SpicyIP
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Started in 2018, the 2nd edition of Overlapping IP Rights (OUP) was brought to completion in 2023 by his co-editor, the inimitable Prof Neil Wilkof, along with Prof Irene Calboli who came on as a co-editor following Prof Basheer’s demise. Here the author points out an interesting anomaly while discussing the US laws.
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.
SpicyIP
DECEMBER 30, 2023
As 2023 comes to an end, in line with our annual tradition, we take stock of the top IP developments that occurred this year. We have also included a list of other notable IP developments of 2023. The Court delineated instances like parody and satire where free speech in the context of well-known persons may be protected.
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