Olartemoure Blog

JULY 17, 2024

TRADEMARKS AND TATTOOS Tattoos can also intersect with trademark law. For example, if a tattoo features a recognizable brand logo or slogan, it could infringe on the trademark holder’s rights. These rights include the right to attribution and the right to object to derogatory treatments of the work.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

It refers to marketing in respect of trending topics/events usually undertaken by brands to gain traction and benefit from the popularity that the trending events have garnered. Therefore, brands constantly look to create campaigns or post about any current topic to encash on such opportunities to stay relevant and visible.

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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.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

It is important that the rights of the individual athlete or the team can be protected. In sports, a chain of title has relevance within their agreement, which includes the release of the athletes talents so that their talent can be branded for profit. Within India, the sports market is able to thrive due to the extensive laws.

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Intepat

MAY 16, 2023

What are Publicity Rights? Publicity rights or personality rights are rights of an individual to control the commercial usage of their identities, such as name, image, voice, and any similar characteristics. Through various case laws, the scope of publicity rights has been expanded by the Indian judiciary.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 16, 2021

PV Sindhu’s Olympics Victory: How Non-Sponsors Skirt the Law by ‘Congratulating’ Athletes. 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. from Duke University in 2019.

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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.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

In this judgment, the Delhi High Court delved into the interpretation of section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 with respect to disputes involving trademark licensing agreements. The Division Bench reiterated that what makes something a trademark is the power to distinguish a product from others.

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SpicyIP

JULY 10, 2024

What Constitutes ‘ use’ of a Trademark While the Commercial Court appears to have sided with the respondents (Shane Ali) after prima facie finding the mark used in the film to be deceptively similar to the NBC logo, what appears to have been overlooked, is that there was no ‘use’ of trademark in the first place.

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