IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 10, 2025

Though no definition for celebrity is to be found in any statute but the word Performer has been defined in the section 2(qq) of the Indian Copyright Act. The current statute provides protection of these celebrity rights under trademark law, copyright law as well as passing off action for infringing the said rights.

Personality Rights 52

Personality Rights Privacy Intellectual Property Journalism 52

Olartemoure Blog

JULY 17, 2024

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. This means the tattoo artist holds the exclusive rights to reproduce, distribute, and display the design.

Intellectual Property 52

Intellectual Property Moral Rights Art Brands 52

SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

About the 2nd Edition As stated in the preface to the 1st edition of the book, the idea behind the book’s theme at large, stems from a question by one of Wilkof’s students on how laws address the intersection between copyrights and trademarks and the ensuing realisation by him about the general lack of secondary sources on this issue.

Editing 81

Editing Intellectual Property Privacy IP 81

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.

Intellectual Property 98

Intellectual Property Registration Trademark Personality Rights 98

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.

Personality Rights 92

Personality Rights Privacy Social Media Intellectual Property 92

IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

With the greater increase of various leagues such as the IPL in cricket, or the NBA in basketball, various teams are formed by various individuals to assert a title in trademarks and copyrights, amongst other forms of IP so that profit can be maximised. The broadcasting rights, under the copyright act, are valid for 25 years.

Intellectual Property Law 90

Intellectual Property Law Intellectual Property Law IP 90

IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 11, 2022

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.

Personality Rights 52

Personality Rights Artistic Work Trademark Copyright 52

Intepat

MAY 16, 2023

Due to the extent of unlawful activity associated with the petitioner’s name and personality, the court granted a restraining order on 25 th November 2022 against various people and companies. What are Publicity Rights? Through various case laws, the scope of publicity rights has been expanded by the Indian judiciary.

Brands 98

Brands Branding Branding Personality Rights 98

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. While delineating the rights of the parties, the Court held that R.D HarperCollins Publishers India Pvt. the licensee. The judgement was authored by Justice C.

IP 124

IP Copyright Trademark Intellectual Property 124

SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

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 Indian Performing Right Society Limited (IPRS) v. Both suits were filed before the 2012 amendment to the Copyright Act.

IP 143

IP Intellectual Property Trademark Copyright 143

SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Naanum Rowdy Dhaan poster , Image taken from here Tamil film industry aka Kollywood The Nayanthara Dhanush copyright battle is escalating. Im not sure what delusion can mean in this context, and furthermore, I cannot think of any copyright related concept that might be connected to the standard word delusion.

Copyright 59

Copyright Intellectual Property Copyright Infringement Trademark Law 59

SpicyIP

JULY 10, 2024

In light of the ongoing dispute between the makers of the motion picture “Main Ladega” and the National Boxing Championship over the alleged use of the latter’s logo in the film, SpicyIP intern Sumedh Gadham discusses whether such use would amount to trademark or copyright infringement.

Intellectual Property 49

Intellectual Property Registering Trademarks Copyright Infringement Trademark 49

IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Protection Of Publicity Right As A Well-Known Trademark Although, publicity rights do not have any statutory protection per se in the Indian Law, but publicity rights in some form are protected by The Trade Marks Act, 1999 and The Copyright Act, 1957. In another case of Indian Performing Rights Society v.

Privacy 105

Privacy Intellectual Property Law Intellectual Property Advertising 105

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Weve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so its a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. The Court opined that the proviso under Section 33(1) of the Act, which mandates that license can only be issued via copyright societies, does not apply to sound recordings.

IP 105

IP Invention Patent Copyright 105