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Advent of AI Voice Generation and Threat to Personality Rights

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The development of Artificial Intelligence, from being able to create edited photos to now generating deepfake videos that cannot be distinguished from real videos, has created an imminent threat to intellectual property rights and personality rights specifically. and includes both commercial and non-commercial aspects.

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Sports and Intellectual Property Law in India

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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. It serves as a means of identification via websites and online commercial activity.

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Personality Rights : Through The Glasses Of IPR

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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.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2021

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Google argued that even when the keyword is a trademark, it is never used in a ‘trademark sense’, thereby the invisible use of trademarks, as keyword, failing to meet the threshold to constitute infringement. Novex Communications Pvt Ltd v. DXC Technology [Madras High Court]. Tata Sons Private Limited v.

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Analysis Of Domain Name Disputes In India

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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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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

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[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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Anil Kapoor Vs Simply Life India & Ors: An Unwavering Assurance In Safeguarding Personality Rights Against Ai

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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.