SpicyIP

MARCH 9, 2025

The relevant sections allow the plaintiff to file a suit before a Court within whose jurisdiction he resides, carries on business or works for gain. PPL, claiming ownership over public performance rights via assignments from music labels, alleged infringement after its representatives discovered unlicensed use of its repertoire.

Trademark 59

Trademark Patent Copyright Patent Application 59

Velocity of Content

JUNE 25, 2024

In Andersen’s district, “We came back in person right after COVID. In an already busy instructional year, it is a challenge to find the time to evaluate content, secure permissions to use copyrighted content, and then prepare for lessons. But some families still chose to do more of a virtual, remote-type learning.

Copyright 98

Copyright Licensing Blogging Publishing 98

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

Need for Protection of Personal Names through IPR Celebrities commonly demand a licensing fee for the utilization of their name, image, or other distinctive attributes in advertising or merchandising endeavours.

Intellectual Property 98

Intellectual Property Registration Trademark Personality Rights 98

IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Case Study 3 – Sourav Ganguly (7) The Court granted in a case for Sourav Ganguly relief by holding that his popularity constituted intellectual property in the form of a licensed innovation and, therefore, the sale of tea using his name without his consent amounted to a violation even though he was an employee of the defendant.

Intellectual Property 105

Intellectual Property Privacy Branding Brands 105

LexBlog IP

MAY 2, 2022

Personal Branding. What is Right of Publicity? Who is affected by the Right of Publicity? Personal Rights vs. Property Rights. The implications of the Right of Publicity. What is the Right of Publicity? Personal Rights vs. Property Rights.

Personality Rights 52

Personality Rights Branding Brands Branding 52

Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

In 1984, Condé Nast, the publisher, obtained a license from Goldsmith to allow Andy Warhol to use her Prince portrait as the foundation for a single serigraphy to be featured in Vanity Fair magazine. In 2016, Condé Nast acquired a license from the Warhol Foundation to use the Prince Series as illustrations for a new magazine.

Copyright 52

Copyright Derivative Work Fair Use Copyright Law 52

43(B)log

AUGUST 9, 2024

Pirates, rogue, flagrantly infringing online locations (Singapore), infringement-based business models. Marketa Trimble: Under Nevada law, have to comply with other countries’ laws to be licensed for online gambling in Nevada. A: interesting but not important b/c pirates move on so quickly that an 18 month period is 5 business models.

Fair Use 59

Fair Use Moral Rights Law IP 59

IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Intellectual property, inherently, can be sold, licensed or marketed. A trademark is a symbol or design or word or phrase that acts as an identifier for a business goods or services. A business may come up with a unique design to stand out from its competitors, to act as a differentiating symbol for the company.

Intellectual Property Law 90

Intellectual Property Law Intellectual Property Law IP 90

IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 11, 2022

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.

Personality Rights 52

Personality Rights Artistic Work Trademark Copyright 52

SpicyIP

JULY 17, 2023

We also came across the Delhi High Court orders on the interplay between the Patents Act and the Competition Act, and on the inheritability of personality rights. The plaintiff further argued that he was the lawful successor to the personality rights of the late actor. Her area of interest lies in IP and corporate law.

Personality Rights 97

Personality Rights Copyright Patent Copyright Infringement 97

SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

Pandemic Push: Royalty-Based Business Model for Better Downstream Revenue for Musicians. She emphasises that there exists the possibility of only big artists in the industry being able to cash in on this, as it generally tends to happen with any such new technology or business model. Other Posts. Resonance Digital LLP & Anr.

Advertising 105

Advertising Advertising Non-Fungible Tokens Intellectual Property 105

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.

Journalism 52

Journalism Trademark Registering Trademarks Business 52

Selvam & Selvam Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

Professional sports is a multi-billion dollar industry where athletes are beginning to find ways to leverage and add value to their own personal brands. In addition to trademarks, the players are entitled to certain rights which are covered under the arena of ‘publicity rights’.

Trademark 52

Trademark Personality Rights Privacy Licensing 52

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 24, 2023

In this month’s edition, he looks into topics including the Plant Variety Registry, different tales of/ takes on personality rights, and multiple leaks of key documents and their contribution in law-making. BSA Business Software Alliance Inc. vs Tube Investments of India Ltd. &

Registration 52

Registration Trademark Copyright Registering Trademarks 52

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

This will potentially impact the copyright licensing landscape insofar as filmmakers will have to enter into dedicated agreements to claim protection for works not listed within the scope of Section 17. The Court delineated instances like parody and satire where free speech in the context of well-known persons may be protected.

IP 124

IP Copyright Trademark Intellectual Property 124

SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

Such an interpretation allows for a patentee to claim a right to prohibit another party’s export of allegedly infringing goods, thus going beyond what the statute actually offers. This judgment concerned the classification of payments under end-user license agreements (EULA). Engineering Analysis Centre for Excellence Pvt.

IP 143

IP Intellectual Property Copyright Trademark 143

The IPKat

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

For decades, the applicant has been in trade mark disputes with car manufacturers, particularly over licensing claims due to the reproduction of the car manufacturers brands on model cars. While the applicant did not use the Testa Rossa trade marks himself, he licensed them to third parties for some of the goods.

Registration 58

Registration Licensing Branding Branding 58

SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Voice Clones and Legal Tones: The Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Posthumous Personality Rights Bringing the dead back from their grave? Md Sabeeh Ahmad shares his review of the book below.

Trademark 77

Trademark Editing IP Copyright 77

IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Shekhar Kapoor,where the former lady dacoit Phoolan Devi had protested against her portrayal in the film “Bandit Queen”,ruled that the right to privacy must encompass and protect the personal intimacies of the home, family, marriage, motherhood, procreation, and child rearing, irrespective of whether the person is a public figure.

Privacy 105

Privacy Intellectual Property Law Intellectual Property Advertising 105

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Trade Wings Hotels Limited on 24 January [Bombay High Court] In an important order concerning enforcement of copyright in sound recordings, the Bombay High Court held that copyright owners like Phonographic Performance Ltd and Novex can issue music licenses even if they are not registered as copyright societies under the Copyright Act.

IP 105

IP Invention Patent Copyright 105