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Personality Rights : Through The Glasses Of IPR

IP and Legal Filings

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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Announcing the Winners of the 2nd Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on IP Law!

SpicyIP

Following on from the success of last year’s inaugural edition of the Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on IP Law, on May 14 th , 2021 we announced the 2 nd edition of the Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on the occasion of Shamnad ‘s 45 th birth anniversary. A photograph of Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer. And the winners are: 1.

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Infographic | Intellectual Property behind tattoos

Olartemoure Blog

Tattoos are not just body art; they are unique expressions of personal identity. THE ART OF TATTOOING AND COPYRIGHT Tattoos are protected by copyright laws as original works of art. When a tattoo design is created and inked onto skin, it automatically gains copyright protection.

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Traditional Tattoos on the Red Carpet: Continuing the Conversation of Collective Ownership

IPilogue

Emily Prieur is an IPilogue Writer and a 3L JD Candidate at Queen’s University Faculty of Law. . The Cowichan could have had a stronger claim against Ralph Lauren, given that they had already turned their minds to protecting their intellectual property through trademark law. Current State of the Law on Tattoo Designs.

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Publicity Rights: An analysis of Amitabh Bachchan V. Rajat Nagi & Ors.

Intepat

This brings us to the question of whether the usage of such photographs is lawful or not, regardless of the person being a celebrity. Recently, Amitabh Bachchan’s voice and his image had been used by various persons for commercial purposes without his consent. What are Publicity Rights? Under this Act, Sec.

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

IP and Legal Filings

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

SpicyIP

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so we have a fair sprinkling of cases dealing with copyright, patents, trademarks, competition law etc. The Court held that the use of the Google Ads program undisputedly qualifies as advertising, which falls under Indian trademark law.

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