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OCTOBER 11, 2022

Starting from an Actor promoting tourism advertisements to a cricketer promoting daily life snacks, we live in a celebrity-driven economy. Every day we come across many such influencers and celebrities endorsing products wherein the personality of an individual is traded either by validation or without. PERSONALITY RIGHT.

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MARCH 9, 2025

The plaintiff, a proprietary firm, held a registered trademark (ARJUN) since 1993 and a copyright for its artistic work, with claimed use since 1978. Chotiwala Food And Hotels Private vs Chotiwala & Ors. 1,00,000 each, and issued a mandatory injunction against defendant 4 to remove infringing listings.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 8, 2023

Licensing It denotes that the film is based on a previously published novel, book, or artistic work. After reviewing similar relevant cases and precedents, the court dismissed the suit, ruling that celebrity rights cannot be granted or recognized without regard for the actual concept of The Right to Privacy.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2023

vs Acko General Insurance on 10 November, 2023 (Delhi High Court) The dispute pertains to the use of the plaintiff’s artistic work “Humanity” by the defendant in one of its advertisement hoardings. The defendant argued that since the plaintiff’s work was exhibited in public its reproduction will fall under the ambit of fair use.

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Intellectual Property Journalism Patent Application Social Media 59

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DECEMBER 24, 2023

In this month’s edition, he looks into topics including the Plant Variety Registry, different tales of/ takes on personality rights, and multiple leaks of key documents and their contribution in law-making. The court held that puffery in advertisements is allowed as long as the assertions made are reasonable. and Ors. ,

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JULY 10, 2024

Conclusion Claims that expressive works infringe intellectual property rights are not new. However they do seem to be on the uptick considering the recent case where Karan Johar claimed his personality rights were infringed by the movie “Shaadi ke director, Karan aur Johar.” & Ors. Hindustan Coca Cola Ltd. &

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OCTOBER 1, 2023

In a “Jhakaas” (a slang for fantastic) news for the actor Anil Kapoor, Delhi High Court granted the actor an interim injunction against use/ misuse of his personality rights. Image from here Image Rights Alright—But Can They Trump Established Rights and Doctrines? But, ‘safety’ against what? Simply none.

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