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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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MAY 20, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of posts on the Law Commission’s Report on Trade Secrets and Economic Espionage, DHC’s decisions on working examples, writ jurisdiction of the pre-grant oppositions, and the Viagra-Vigoura trademark dispute. This and much more in last week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review.

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JANUARY 2, 2022

The Supreme Court looked into a wide variety of issues such as oxygen and Covid-19 drugs shortage, equitable pricing of vaccines, protection of health workers, possibility of invoking compulsory licenses and the clampdown on free speech on social media platforms. Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on the IP regime.

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DECEMBER 30, 2023

The third category lists notable developments on the legislative and policy side and includes important amendments, proposals for amendments, release of policy notes and reports etc. The Court delineated instances like parody and satire where free speech in the context of well-known persons may be protected. DotMovies.Baby and Ors.

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