Intepat

MAY 16, 2023

A fraudulent lottery-winning message with Amitabh Bachchan’s voice from KBC was viral through various social media platforms and many people fell into this trap. Subsequently, Amitabh Bachchan filed a suit in the court claiming a violation of publicity rights. What are Publicity Rights?

Branding 98

Branding Brands Branding Personality Rights 98

SpicyIP

AUGUST 4, 2024

Manu Bhaker’s Olympics Victory: Do Brands Violate Publicity Rights by Putting out Congratulatory Posts? Tejas Misra explains why and how these seemingly innocuous posts may infringe on the shooter’s personality rights. The defendants misrepresented themselves to be an extension of the plaintiff.

Social Media 98

Social Media Trademark Licensing Music 98

SpicyIP

JULY 9, 2021

(CNR Number: KLTV010019372021) The reason for filing the suit was that certain unknown people had posted without authorisation original sound recordings created by Vempati Ravi Shankar (the plaintiff’s late husband) on the defendant’s social media platforms – Facebook and Instagram. Are they personal rights or property?

Moral Rights 98

Moral Rights Privacy Personality Rights Copyright 98

SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Case Summaries Anil Kapoor vs Simply Life India & Ors on 20 September, 2023 (Delhi High Court) Image from here The Plaintiff sought protection of his personality rights, publicity rights and elements associated with his persona like his name, voice, photographs/ likeness, dialogues, manner of dialogue delivery, gestures, signatures.

Cease and Desist 103

Cease and Desist Copyright Infringement Invention Social Media 103

SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The plaintiff was granted, through an agreement, an exclusive non-transferable, non-assignable license for selling, supplying, and distributing the defendant’s brands in domestic and international markets. If a sub-brand performs the function, as Asava possibly does in this case, it must be treated as a trademark.

IP 142

IP Intellectual Property Copyright Trademark 142

IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

ABSTRACT There has been a dramatic increase in the commercial use of celebrity personalities by people not authorized to do so compared to the earlier times. Protecting personality rights has become a growing problem in India due to deepfakes, morphed pictures, etc. Interesting right? Puttaswamy v.

Personality Rights 73

Personality Rights Privacy Social Media Copyright 73

Traverse Legal Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2024

International Variations: Similar rights exist in other countries, often referred to as “personality rights” or “rights of persona.” ” Your Right of Publicity, Name and Likeness A claim for violation of Right of Publicity can be either statutory or common law and varies state by state.

Social Media 98

Social Media Copyright Infringement Copyright Law 98

SpicyIP

MAY 20, 2024

The plaintiff alleged that the defendant not only manufactures the impugned product but also promotes the same on social media. Intergrow Brands Pvt. Ltd vs Wipro Enterprises Private Limited on 10 May, 2024 (Kerala High Court) The present hearing was against an ad hoc interim injunction passed by a District Court.

Trademark 45

Trademark Advertising Advertising Copyright 45

SpicyIP

AUGUST 16, 2021

Brands have been active on social media in recent years, trying to imbue their content with human like personality that endears customers to them rather than just putting out traditional advertising. It is also reported that Baseline Ventures is sending out notices to the brands that did so. Satchit Bhogle.

Social Media 72

Social Media Personality Rights Law Branding 72

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

[Delhi High Court] On September 20, the Delhi High Court granted relief to film actor Anil Kapoor against the unauthorised use of his image, name, voice, and other traits of his persona for monetary gain, reinforcing his personality rights. Sarl a A Sarogi , where the Court affirmed the position on descendability of publicity rights.

IP 120

IP Copyright Trademark Intellectual Property 120

IPilogue

DECEMBER 9, 2021

This may become tricky in the context of social media, as memes only become popular by copying and reposting. While the protection of memes remains unclear and unresolved, plaintiffs can claim copyright, trademark, and personality rights in the underlying images. Is Infringement Even Possible Then? According to s.3(1)

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Copyright Artistic Work Copying Intellectual Property 89