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The Interplay of Personality Rights and Freedom of Expression- the Jackie Shroff’s Case’

IP and Legal Filings

Plea was sought against multiple parties, and the court restrained several parties from making unauthorized use of the actor’s name, voices and signature phase ‘Bhidu’. distorts his image and infringes upon his personality rights. [1] HOW DO INDIAN COURTS INTERPRET PERSONALITY RIGHTS? million views.

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Fonts & Typefaces: Are they Copyrightable? 

SpicyIP

Therefore, for the purpose of this post, I will be using the word, ‘font’ to mean both fonts and typefaces. This post only deals with copyrightability of fonts from artistic work perspective and does not explore the copyrightability of fonts as code or literary works. Debunking the ‘no copyright for fonts’ Argument.

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IP Issues in The World of Japanese Sequential Art – Manga

IIPRD

There is no question of fair use as although it is not commercially beneficial but it is neither limited to private use. However, the US Court has held Napster [2] , which was a file-sharing platform as well, guilty of infringing copyrighted materials and was denied the defence of fair use.

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The clash of artistic rights: Warhol, Goldsmith, and the boundaries of copyright in Brazil and in the U.S.

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This is explicitly stated in Article 5, XXVII, of the Brazilian Constitution, and Article 1, Section 8, of the United States Constitution. A third reflection emerges: undoubtedly, Warhol’s work was created based on Goldsmith’s. 3] Regardless of the creative level of a work, copyright comes with limitations.