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Unreasoned Orders for Personality Rights

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However, the order was brief and did not specify any statutory or common law basis for the protection of personality rights, merely citing Titan Industries as precedent. For example, can personality rights be viewed as an extension of the right to privacy? FX Networks and Guglielmi v. Spelling-Goldberg Prods.,

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Personality Rights : Through The Glasses Of IPR

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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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Journey Through “Novembers” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present)

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So, before 2023 turns into yesteryear, let’s see what the past Novembers on SpicyIP (2005 to present) have offered. Although India now has the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 , it doesn’t provide IP protection to databases. We stand on the cusp of bidding farewell to 2023 with just 10 days remaining! Sounds “Jhakaas!”

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Vempati Ravi Shankar – Facebook Copyright Dispute: Issues on Moral Rights and Posthumous Enforcement of Celebrity Rights

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Recently, a copyright infringement suit had been filed before the District Court, Trivandrum, against Facebook India. hereinafter Priyanka) She had notified Facebook and Instagram regarding the presence of infringing sound recordings on their platform, but they failed to takedown it down and hence, the present suit.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 13- May 19) 

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Raising some concerns with this finding, we are pleased to present to you this guest post by Dhruv Vatsyayan. Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Hygiene vs Bhateshra Bechara Hirabhai on 13 May, 2024 (Delhi High Court) The plaintiffs filed the present suit against the defendant’s use of the marks ‘Airwick’ and “Airwoc’. Warner Bros.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2021

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The present case clarified that there is a distinction between cases directly arising from IPR issues and those arising from indirectly connected matters. The Court held that the use of the Google Ads program undisputedly qualifies as advertising, which falls under Indian trademark law. Meher Distilleries Pvt Ltd v.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 18- December 24)

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Other Posts Journey Through “Novembers” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present) Sift through the pages of November(s) posts on SpicyIP in another round of SpicyIP flashbacks by Lokesh. If the Expert Committee, so opines, any senior official may be contacted from CGPDTM, who may also be present before the Exert Committee for rendering assistance.