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.

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AUGUST 4, 2024

Tejas Misra explains why and how these seemingly innocuous posts may infringe on the shooter’s personality rights. The Court reiterated that celebrities are entitled to protect facets of their personality against unauthorized commercial exploitation by third parties. Les Laboratories Servier Anr. Sefier Life Sciences Pvt.

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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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DECEMBER 24, 2023

In this month’s edition, he looks into topics including the Plant Variety Registry, different tales of/ takes on personality rights, and multiple leaks of key documents and their contribution in law-making. and Ors. , Body Cupid Pvt Ltd vs Ms Vbro Skincare Pvt & Ors. as the Plaintiff’s mark. 2 lakh on the Defendant.

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JANUARY 2, 2022

This case involved Sun Pharmaceuticals allegedly infringing Cipla’s copyright and registered trademark. The petitioner contented that Jayalalithaa’s personality rights and her family’s privacy rights should be protected and that the productions may be incorrect and misleading. Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd.

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JULY 10, 2024

The proprietors of the NBC logo allege not only infringement of the registered trademark, but surprisingly, also of their registered copyright in the logo. The ‘use’ of the registered trademark ‘in the course of trade’ is an essential prerequisite for a case of trademark infringement. & Ors.

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JUNE 17, 2024

Pidilite Industries Limited vs Astral Limited on 13 June, 2024 (Bombay High Court) Image from here The plaintiff alleged infringement of the design of its coex plastic containers by the defendant. It argued that the design of its container was novel and original and was not published in India.

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