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[Guest post] Deepfake it till you make it: How does AI relate to postmortem personality rights?

The IPKat

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following contribution by Danish Katfriends Jakob Plesner Mathiasen and Thit Nymand Nisbeth (both Gorrissen Federspiel) on the interplay between AI, deepfakes, and personality rights in the form of image/publicity rights. The lights dim, and the film rolls. Think again.

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Ferragamo did not infringe Audrey Hepburn’s image/personality rights by stating that its shoes were originally designed for her

The IPKat

Is it an infringement of a person’s own personality/image rights to say that a shoe was designed for that person (and that fact is true)? The rationale of protection is rooted within the right to own’s own identity (Articles 2 and 22 of the Italian Constitution and 8 of the EU Charter ).

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[Guest Post] Book review: Intellectual Property Law in Nigeria: Emerging Trends, Theories And Practice

The IPKat

The beauty of this book is that the authors have taken all the above into consideration and have presented this book with deliberate simplicity and yet deep in scope and analytical preponderance. Chapter two presents the legal and policy framework for IP protection at the international, regional and domestic levels.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 29-August 4)

SpicyIP

Tejas Misra explains why and how these seemingly innocuous posts may infringe on the shooter’s personality rights. The plaintiff sent legal notices to the defendant but received no reply and thus filed the present suit and sought ad interim reliefs. Primestack Pte.

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

IPilogue

These events point to two prevalent issues within the current legal framework: First, that current intellectual property laws do not properly acknowledge collective ownership over shared culture within Indigenous communities and second, whether tattoo designs have the potential to be protected through copyright laws. Of note, in DRG Inc.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (September 18- September 24)

SpicyIP

Look no further as we present to you the SpicyIP Weekly Review, highlighting the discussions that took place on the blog along with other IP news. Passing the present order, the court clarified that the application for interim injunction cannot be kept pending and requires prima facie findings on merit. Swapnil Patil & Ors.

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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.