IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 31, 2024

Introduction Although there isn’t a clear legal definition of “privacy,” some legal experts define it as a human right that each and every person has simply by virtue of their existence. The right to privacy must, in other words, be evaluated case-by-case. In the 1962 Kharak Singh v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 23, 2022

This is a putative class action lawsuit against a people search company for allegedly misusing publicity and personality rights by displaying images contained in yearbooks. It’s always disappointing to see the Ninth Circuit take this approach when the case presents a thorny issue. PeopleConnect, Inc. , 21-16040 (9th Cir.

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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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SpicyIP

MAY 21, 2024

Comparing the approaches of the Courts vis a vis personality rights and the right to livelihood, we are pleased to bring to you this guest post by Aditya Bhargava. Comparing the approaches of the Courts vis a vis personality rights and the right to livelihood, we are pleased to bring to you this guest post by Aditya Bhargava.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The present case clarified that there is a distinction between cases directly arising from IPR issues and those arising from indirectly connected matters. An interim order issued by a single-judge bench of the Delhi High Court recognised the right to be forgotten (RTBF) as a subset of the fundamental right to privacy.

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SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

In the event of assignment of rights, any person wishing to legally record a film would have to additionally obtain written permission from the author aside from the permissions already needed from the present copyright owner. Not obtaining the author’s consent might lead to heavy penalties.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 9, 2021

On the one hand, there are privacy and data protection concerns, as this is a particularly intrusive form of data processing. As a next step, the SPC Provisions enumerate certain activities that infringe the personality rights and interests of natural persons. There is also a fear of becoming a “transparent person” ( ???

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