SpicyIP

JULY 29, 2021

We’re happy to bring you a guest post by Shivam Kaushik on the copyrightability of fonts. Fonts & Typefaces: Are they Copyrightable? . Their function is so fundamental, and presence so ubiquitous that the thought that fonts and typefaces are eligible for copyright protection, seems inconceivable at first.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 26, 2024

Neela Film”), issued an ex-parte ad-interim injunction against the defendants, including websites, e-commerce platforms, YouTube channels and ‘John Doe’ parties, restraining them from infringing the copyright and trademark of the makers of the popular Hindi television sitcom “Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma” (“TMKOC”).

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

This book review of Intellectual Property Law in Nigeria: Emerging Trends, Theories And Practice by Desmond Oriakhogba (University of the Western Cape, South Africa) and Ifeoluwa Olubiyi (Afe Babaloloa University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria) is kindly provided by Kasim Waziri , Professor of Law at the University of Abuja, Nigeria.

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SpicyIP

JULY 9, 2021

Recently, a copyright infringement suit had been filed before the District Court, Trivandrum, against Facebook India. Being his sole legal heir, the copyright in these works is held by Sweety Priyanka Vempati Ravi Shankar. The Right to Integrity. Celebrity Rights as Property? Image from here. Rajagopal v. State of T.N. ,

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 13, 2025

Here is our recap of last weeks top IP developments including summaries of the posts on Lemleys and Hendersons paper on AI Terms of Use Restrictions, CGPDTM order on the removal of a patent agent, Delhi HC order on disclosure of a PhD and Public Interest Need in Personality Rights cases. Anything we are missing out on?

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Delhi High Court Rulings on Celebrity Rights Galore: Examining the Rajat Sharma and Mohan Babu Orders Celebrity (Rights) in the News Again: Rajat Sharma and Mohan Babu approached the court seeking permanent injunction restraining infringement of their personality and publicity rights.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

For example, according to the Guidelines, a university press has to pay the Public Sector (Ministry of Culture or public museum) for the reproduction, in a book, of images of public cultural property. They merge and overlap pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests, such as public law (Legislative Decree 42/2004) and private law (Civil Code).

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 8, 2023

Unless with his/her consent, the right to control the commercial use of his/her own identity should be exclusively theirs. Image Sources : Shutterstock] Protection Under Copyright Act, Licensing & Contractual Issues for the Celebrities A celebrity is a well-known person.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Book Review Katfriend Maciej Padamczyk (Herchel Smith Doctoral Researcher, Research Associate QMIPRI) reviewed Research Handbook on Intellectual Property Rights and Inclusivity , edited by Cristiana Sappa. Furthermore, AGA also discussed a possible copyright infringement in its design.

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Velocity of Content

JUNE 25, 2024

In Andersen’s district, “We came back in person right after COVID. Whether it’s an eBook or whether it’s a physical book in your hands, you look at that cover, you look at the summary, you try to build some background knowledge at what this could be about. In doing so districts need to ask, “what about copyright?”

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SpicyIP

JULY 27, 2023

Factual Background The case at hand involved the plaintiff seeking an interim injunction against the defendants to restrain them from using the name/likeness of the late actor unauthorizedly through the release of the impugned film amounting to infiltration of personality rights, violation of free trial, passing off et al.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

With further ado, here’s what I found in Novembers: Database Protection in India: Since Prof Basheer’s 2005 post about the inaccurate implication of the theft of data as copyright infringement, to 2023, not much seems to have changed. The issue has often arisen in the context of protecting confidential information through copyright law.

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Intepat

MAY 16, 2023

Some of these were Rajat Nagi, who used the petitioner’s image in various mobile apps and websites, Rana Pratap Singh who used his famous voice in the Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) lottery scam, Manoj Publications who used his image in a General Knowledge Quiz book. What are Publicity Rights? Additionally, Sec. Under this Act, Sec.

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Intepat

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Introduction Intellectual property laws are generally divided into industrial property and copyright. While copyright is distinct from other forms of intellectual property by focusing on personal rights, its primary role is to manage and protect knowledge. and Taylor & Francis Books India Pvt.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

Goldsmith et al sheds light on different perspectives of copyright law in common law and civil law countries. Firstly, both Brazilian and American legislation stipulate that the creator of a work holds copyright over it. A film based on a book serves as an example.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 11, 2023

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. Image Sources: Shutterstock] ‘Donjishi’ is another form of copyright infringement of a manga creator. For content piracy, Takeshobo Inc.,

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

JUNE 10, 2020

The rights in these photographs are typically subject to the licensing schemes of the various social media platforms to which they are posted. This is because the authors of these works, the photographers, own copyright in the images they create. biographies, plays, books, etc.) 1894 (ONCA)).

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Weve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so its a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. The Court opined that the proviso under Section 33(1) of the Act, which mandates that license can only be issued via copyright societies, does not apply to sound recordings.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Protection Of Publicity Right As A Well-Known Trademark Although, publicity rights do not have any statutory protection per se in the Indian Law, but publicity rights in some form are protected by The Trade Marks Act, 1999 and The Copyright Act, 1957. InRaja Pocket Books v. 2007, I, no. 125, pourvoi no.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the posts on posthumous rights of artists, and book reviews of “Modern Law of Copyright in Singapore” and “Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights (2 nd Ed.). Md Sabeeh Ahmad shares his review of the book below.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Image Rights Alright—But Can They Trump Established Rights and Doctrines? Image from here The Delhi High Court’s recent interim injunction concerning Anil Kapoor’s personality rights throws up an important question- should such orders protecting personality rights overlook the established principles and doctrines?

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SpicyIP

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?

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