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Selvam & Selvam Blog
MAY 28, 2024
Considering the same, the Courts have started providing remedies under the scope of personality rights wherein protection is granted against the unauthorized use of names, images, voice, likeness, dialogues or traits of popular celebrities.
IP and Legal Filings
APRIL 8, 2023
Introduction The media believes that it is their fundamental right to capture and publish all information about celebrities about matters of “public interest” or “public concern” that arise from the “Freedom of the Press” guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution.
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Garrigues Blog
JULY 11, 2022
The Supreme Court has again ruled on the protection of the personality rights of deceased celebrities. Analyzed in conjunction with the previous Dalí judgment, this new ruling may introduce some uncertainty as to the post mortem scope of protection of such rights. The Supreme Court’s opinion.
The IPKat
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
In August, the Constitution and Human Rights Division of the High Court of Kenya issued a decision on the question of image rights and its relationship with privacy rights and data protection laws in Kenya. Background The Petitioner, Wanjiru was an alumna of the respondent, Machakos University. Paragraph 31].
SpicyIP
JULY 9, 2021
Right to integrity stipulates that an action can be taken against ‘ distortion, mutilation, modification or other act in relation to the said work if such distortion, mutilation, modification or other act would be prejudicial to his honour or reputation’. Here, there was no discussion if privacy survives an individual’s death.
SpicyIP
JULY 19, 2021
Serious Comparative Advertising: Broadening the Definition. In this guest post , Sangita Sharma analyses the law around comparative advertisements in India. She contends that the ‘fair’ and ‘honest’ use thresholds under Section 30(1)(a) and (b) of the Trade Marks Act should come to the rescue of such advertisements. Other Posts.
SpicyIP
JANUARY 2, 2022
Further, the Court specifically addressed the use of social media platforms by citizens to voice their grievances and stated that such use during a crisis can in no way be termed misinformation and it noted that it would treat any clampdown on free exchange of information as contempt of court. Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd.
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