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[PART I] Personality Rights in Spotlight Once More!: Analysing The DHC’s Karan Johar v.  India Pride Advisory Order

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The Bombay High Court order of 7th March 2025, making the interim injunction in favour of Karan Johar absolute, has added more fuel to the fire of the debate over personality rights protection. It begs us to ask: Are we heading in the right direction? [A big thanks to Praharsh for his inputs on the post.]

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[PART II] Personality Rights in Spotlight Once More!: Analysing The DHC’s Karan Johar v.  India Pride Advisory Order 

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& Ors that has once again brought to the spotlight the debate of balancing the protection of celebrity personality rights and the freedom of expressions and parodical use. Rights or Wrong?: Are We Going in the Correct Direction for Personality Rights? India Pride Advisory Private Ltd. &

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 3 – March 9)

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[Sponsored] CRISP (BITS Law School) Invites Applications for Innovation Law and Policy Fellowship (1 April 2025) Centre for Research in Innovation Law for Shared Prosperity, BITS Law School is inviting applications for their Innovation Law and Policy Fellowship. The last day to send your applications is April 1, 2025.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 10 – February 16)

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Call for Applications: SpicyIP Tech Innovation Policy Fellowship 2025 (Apply by February 23) Attention IP and tech enthusiasts! We are very excited to announce the SpicyIP Tech Innovation Policy Fellowship 2025! vs Mr. Sandeep Khandelwal And Anr on 3 February, 2025 (Delhi High Court) Image from here. The deadline is February 23.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (January 6 – January 12)

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Here is our recap of last weeks top IP developments including summaries of the posts on Lemleys and Hendersons paper on AI Terms of Use Restrictions, CGPDTM order on the removal of a patent agent, Delhi HC order on disclosure of a PhD and Public Interest Need in Personality Rights cases. Anything we are missing out on?

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Deepfakes and Personality Rights: The Need for codifying Personality Rights.

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1] And since, the creator, consumer and subject of the content are distinctly different-the potential lack of empathy or misapprehension by the consumers towards the subject, based on the creators potrayal, necessitate a discussion of the subjects privacy and personality rights.

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Remembering George Foreman: A Champion in the Ring and in Business

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He also understood the power of his own story, safeguarding his image through personality rights and exercising control over how his likeness was used. George Foreman passed away on March 21, 2025, at the age of 76. That control extended to film and television as well.