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Personality Rights : Through The Glasses Of IPR

IP and Legal Filings

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. Living in an era where influential personalities are reverenced, fortifying Personality Rights from any such misuse is a must. PERSONALITY RIGHT.

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Traditional Tattoos on the Red Carpet: Continuing the Conversation of Collective Ownership

IPilogue

The Cowichan could have had a stronger claim against Ralph Lauren, given that they had already turned their minds to protecting their intellectual property through trademark law. It is likely that tattoos would fall under the Copyright Act under section 5(1), which delineates artistic works as expressions through visual medium.

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“Main Ladega”-The Fight Between Protection of Intellectual Property and Expressive Content

SpicyIP

In the present case, neither is the mark used in relation to the goods of the appellant nor in any manner takes undue advantage of association with the NBC like in circumstances illustrated above. The conventional objectives of trademark law are largely twofold, to protect the interests of trademark owners and well as consumers.