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

JULY 9, 2021

The courts’ approach in Krishna Kishore Singh and Deepa Jayakumar is well-reasoned, and it’s clear that courts are not in favour of post-mortem survival of publicity rights. It is pertinent to note that in case of unauthorised biopics, books, web-series, etc., Can publicity rights survive after a celebrity’s death? Rajagopal v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

If you’re selling your personality rights, make sure you understand the implications!!! Book Review: “The Little Book of Foodie Law”. Case citation : Coscarelli v. Esquared Hosp. , 18-CV-5943 (JMF) (S.D.N.Y. The CourtListener page. The operative First Amended Complaint , para. Smashburger (Guest Blog Post).

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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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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

340 (1991) , Case C-5/08, Infopaq (2009) , Eastern Book v. They therefore introduced additional rights for derivative works, such as translations, film adaptations or musical arrangements (pp. A film adaptation cannot take over the elements of a book other than statements. Rural, 499 U.S. Modak (2008) 1 SCC 1 ).

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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. The Tribunale di Firenze focuses attention on the provisions governing the concession of use of the cultural property (art.

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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.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

From Big-B Baritone to Anil Kapoor’s Jhakaas, the life of Personality rights : Since Shouvik’s 2010 post about Amitabh Bachhan’s concern over the use of his voice to sell Gutka (an addictive substance), we have come to a long way! Speaking of late movie stars, one may wonder about the posthumous enforcement of celebrity rights.

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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?

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 8, 2023

Licensing It denotes that the film is based on a previously published novel, book, or artistic work. Krishna Kishore Singh stated in court that no book, film, or television series based on his son’s life should be made without his permission.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

3 in the suit, Manoj Publications was allegedly commercially exploiting association with the actor to sell general knowledge books on popular e-commerce platforms. The suit additionally sought to get a John Doe order for safeguarding the plaintiff’s rights against future instances of infringement. Defendant no. Defendant no.

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Likelihood of Confusion

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

As predicted in this space, Wired News reports that the publicity generated by Apple’s ham-fisted exile of a new book about Steve Jobs from its own stores has resulted in such strong demand for the book that the publisher, John Wiley & Sons, has “doubled the print run and moved publication forward a month to […] The post Good (..)

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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.

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SpicyIP

JULY 29, 2021

Eastern Book Co. Shivam is a recent graduate of the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Murray in his article Copyright, Originality, and the End of Scenes a Faire and Merger Doctrines for Visual Work (p.4) The Supreme Court of India in the landmark case of DB Modak v.

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Intepat

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

While copyright is distinct from other forms of intellectual property by focusing on personal rights, its primary role is to manage and protect knowledge. The course materials comprised pages compiled from various expensive books that the students couldn’t afford, but they had to read it for the purpose of their examination.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 11, 2023

Donjinshiisa self-published fan bookthatuses the existing manga characters violating the personality rights of the characters as was established in the famous caseof V.T. Afterward, the second world war did pose an interruption in the steady growth but in turn, it scaled the manga market to a whole new different level in 1947.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 23, 2023

4] This is a notable case of cybersquatting where the popularity associated with the name of a person who has achieved a celebrity status was exploited. The plaintiff, a well-known political figure, while trying to book the domain name “www.arunjaitley.com” found that it was already registered with defendant no.

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

JUNE 10, 2020

When it comes to celebrities and other public figures, the laws across Canada have established various personality rights to protect these individuals from the exploitation of their image or likeness. This stems from the idea that a person should have the exclusive right to market and/or capitalize on their personality and image.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

A film based on a book serves as an example. In this case, the author of the original work retains ownership of the original, while the author of the derivative work holds rights to the creative additions they have made.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2023

InRaja Pocket Books v. Radha Pocket Books,the plaintiff filed a copyright infringement case against the defendant for publishing a comic book character named ‘Nagesh’. It was the contention of the plaintiff that the defendant’s comic book character ‘Nagesh’ has identical characteristics as ‘nagraj’. 2007, I, no.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 31, 2024

T Series And Another vs M/S Dreamline Reality Movies on 22 February [Punjab and Haryana High Court] The case concerned the adaptation of late Jaswinder Kaurs biography into a cinematographic film and deals with interplay of copyright with personality rights. Yogesh wrote a tidbit on this development.

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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. Anything we are missing out on?

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Bharathwaj is a 3rd year LLB Student at RGSOIPL, IIT Kharagpur, and loves books and IP. Bharathwaj explores this question in light of the recent controversy surrounding the use of late singer M.S Subbulakshmis name as part of an award. His previous posts can be accessed here. Image from here Music Academy v. Even though the Late M.S

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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? Simply none. Anil Kapoor one being the latest.

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