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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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.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 29, 2024

However, the protection, enjoyment, and enhancement of Europe’s cultural heritage is far from being merely national business. Tschider € 195 Managing Copyright: Emerging Business Models in the Individual and Collective Management of Rights by Rudolf Leška € 93

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

on 7 February, 2025 (Delhi High Court) Image from here In a trademark and personality rights infringement suit, the plaintiffs, Sir Ratan Tata Trust and Tata Sons, sought relief against the defendants for unauthorized use of the well-known trademarks TATA and TATA TRUSTS, as well as the well-known personal name and image of Late Ratan N.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants are unknown individuals or entities (referred to as ‘John Doe,’) who are unauthorizedly misusing the plaintiff’s trademarks “FEDERATED HERMES” and logo to operate a fraudulent investment and stock trading business.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

This exception allows generic manufacturers to conduct research using patented drugs, so that as soon as the term of the patent expires, the generic manufacturer can launch alternatives, thus taking the right step forward towards ensuring larger access to cheap generic alternatives. Novex Communications Pvt Ltd v. Tata Sons Private Limited v.

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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

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Image Sources : iStock] An arbitration as an alternative dispute resolution technique, efficient and effective method of resolving disputes, particularly business issues. It should be emphasised, however, that these clauses do not specifically preclude arbitration, and issues relating in personal rights are arbitrable.

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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. Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan discusses this issue. Veekesy Rubber Industries Pvt Ltd. Previously the Court had issued an interim injunction and via this order, the Court refused to lift the same.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 4, 2024

Tejas Misra explains why and how these seemingly innocuous posts may infringe on the shooter’s personality rights. As they were in the same business line, the Court considered it fair to retrain the defendant from using the impugned mark ‘JPM’ or any other related marks and passed the present ex parte ad interim injunction order.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

sports/singapore-billionaire-acquires-ronaldo-image-rights [7] Business-standard.com/sourav-ganguly-slaps-damage-suit-on-tata-tea [i] The Constitution of India, 1950, art. 4] Copyright Act 1957 [5] Sports.ndtv.com/football/bastian-schweinsteiger-sues-hong-kong-company [6] Indiatoday.in/sports/singapore-billionaire-acquires-ronaldo-image-rights

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Intepat

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Detection of Copyright Infringement: AI systems contribute to the identification of copyright infringement by comparing the elements of a work, assisting in the proactive protection of intellectual property rights.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 8, 2023

These agreements include the following: ● Artist agreement – When an artist does business with a company, an agreement is made between the parties because art is inherently subject to many Intellectual Property issues. CONTRACTUAL ISSUES Various contracts are signed and executed by various performers/artists and stakeholders.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

It responds to changes in investment frameworks and business and enterprise operations. Part Two: This part is the core of this work as it lays out in chapters 3-9 many of the emerging issues in IP law such as the protection of plant varieties, traditional knowledge, TCEs, GR and GIs, personality rights, among others.

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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’.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 23, 2023

Today, it is a crucial medium for conducting commercial activities and has transformed the way people communicate, share information, and conduct business. This scarcity arises because domain names serve as a means of identifying and distinguishing a particular business or individual. Montari Industries Ltd. [2]

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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.

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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. There is no question of fair use as although it is not commercially beneficial but it is neither limited to private use.

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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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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

5] Conversely, the Brazilian system is primarily rooted in personality rights, particularly human dignity as a constitutional basis to the Brazilian constitutional order, which is expressed by four different fundamental rights: (i) freedom, (ii) equality, (iii) physical and psychological integrity, and (iv) dignity stricto sensu. [6]

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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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Intepat

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Recently, the courts have also recognized the commercial right over one’s personal data as a part of intellectual property rights. These commercial rights, also known as personality rights, seek to protect the personal data of celebrities from potential misuse. Rajagopal v. State of Tamil Nadu.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 12, 2024

PART I] Synthetic Singers and Voice Theft: BomHC protects Arijit Singh’s Personality Rights In a first of its kind order in India, the BHC restrains AI platforms from using likeness of famous singer Arijit Singh, finding them to prima facie infringe his personality rights. Read on below to know more.

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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. Other News from Around the World.

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SpicyIP

MAY 3, 2023

are typically objected to on the grounds of personality rights (publicity rights, celebrity rights, by other names), privacy and (to a limited extent) defamation. Conflicts on unauthorized biopics (for example, Fred Astaire , Gene Kelly , Sushant Singh Rajput ), unreleased works, endorsements, holographic tributes etc.,

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

These affected rights encompass personality rights, representing a distinctive form of intellectual property that transcends mere financial considerations. Personality rights, being non-inheritable and non-assignable, highlight the personal and non-transferable essence of this form of intellectual property.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

While it appears to be easier to waive moral rights in common law countries, the continental European tradition is more focused on protecting the author’s personality rights, which encompass moral rights. The right of attribution is particularly important for photographers and their licensees.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 17, 2021

It’s now wait-and-see how it pans out… In February , Namibian Business and Intellectual Property Authority (BIPA) advised that they are in the process of finalizing a new legal framework for copyright protection in Namibia, which would see the repeal of the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act 6 of 1994.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 9, 2021

Already enacted and practically significant , but legally non-binding is the “Personal Information Security Specification” of 2020, which similarly categorises “facial recognition features” as sensitive personal information and requires explicit, unbundled consent and specific security measures.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

It touches upon many aspects like inclusivity from the perspective of communities, minorities, and individuals as well as the relationship between inclusivity and IP rights as seen from micro, SMEs, and big business.

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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. &

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43(B)log

AUGUST 9, 2024

Pirates, rogue, flagrantly infringing online locations (Singapore), infringement-based business models. A: interesting but not important b/c pirates move on so quickly that an 18 month period is 5 business models. Authors’ rights are designed to protect that intellectual and emotional bond. How do you ID the bad guys?

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 19, 2024

He dreamed of being in the film and TV business and wanted to study in the United States, close to LA. Is my view of copyrights and business in general as naive as it was back then? This was a time that old school business models met new emerging technologies. That never really took off. But overall, in short, yeah, I am proud.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The plaintiff was in the business of publishing and distributing the comic series title ‘Nagraj’ in which the character Nagraj normally wears a green colour body stocking giving the impression of serpentine skin and red trunks with a belt that appears to be a snake. InRaja Pocket Books v.

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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.

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SpicyIP

JULY 10, 2024

It is considered appropriate for businesses to treat trademarks as property they can protect, since they have invested labour into generating goodwill and reputation associated with a certain mark which should not be appropriated by those using deceptively similar marks. & Ors. Hindustan Coca Cola Ltd. &

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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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