Selvam & Selvam Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The suit additionally sought to get a John Doe order for safeguarding the plaintiff’s rights against future instances of infringement. In light of the submissions made, the court stated that it cannot be seriously disputed that the plaintiff is a well-known personality.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 9, 2025

The Court observed that the Controller did not rely on documents proving technical advantage, incorrectly applied the tests of obviousness, and reached antithetical findings about the application having both a lack of inventive step and insufficient disclosure. The defendants denied all claims and argued the suit lacked necessary parties.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

From Big-B Baritone to Anil Kapoor’s Jhakaas, the life of Personality rights : Since Shouvik’s 2010 post about Amitabh Bachhan’s concern over the use of his voice to sell Gutka (an addictive substance), we have come to a long way! Speaking of late movie stars, one may wonder about the posthumous enforcement of celebrity rights.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court to hear appeal against the Single Judge order in the Sushant Singh Rajput personality rights case. Filo Edtech Inc vs Union Of India & Anr on 16 November, 2023 (Delhi High Court) A Single Judge Bench of the Delhi High Court re-notified the matter for further hearing on November 21.

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IIPRD

AUGUST 29, 2024

Recent court decisions have clarified the scope of copyright in film screenplays, personality rights, and underlying works concerning content creation and licensing in broadcasting. From DVDs to OTT, the entertainment domain has come a long way owing to rapid digitalization affecting creative authorship over their creations [1].

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

[Delhi High Court] On September 20, the Delhi High Court granted relief to film actor Anil Kapoor against the unauthorised use of his image, name, voice, and other traits of his persona for monetary gain, reinforcing his personality rights. Sarl a A Sarogi , where the Court affirmed the position on descendability of publicity rights.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 6, 2024

Codible Ventures LLP , marking a big step in the protection of artists’ personality rights against the unauthorised use of their voices by artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Second , in different places, the Court has used the language “Personality rights and right to publicity”.

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SpicyIP

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.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MARCH 21, 2025

This might involve documenting your models’ design and setting up checks for bias or accuracy. In line with CAIA, developers play a key role in ensuring AI systems are transparent and designed to reduce bias right from the start.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 17, 2024

With the explosion in generative AI since 2022, now appears to be a make or break moment for computer-generated works protection in the UK with the consultation document suggesting that should consultation reveal insufficient evidence of positive effects from CGWs protection, [the Governments] preference will be to remove it.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 31, 2024

T Series And Another vs M/S Dreamline Reality Movies on 22 February [Punjab and Haryana High Court] The case concerned the adaptation of late Jaswinder Kaurs biography into a cinematographic film and deals with interplay of copyright with personality rights.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

To be clear, as per the existing case laws, earlier discussed by Samridhi and Shravya , pre-institution mediation under the Commercial Courts is mandatory unless one can show that their plaint and other documents contemplate an urgent interim relief . Interestingly, they have also been subject to protection under personality rights.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Voice Clones and Legal Tones: The Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Posthumous Personality Rights Bringing the dead back from their grave? 1 to produce certain documents for cross-examination, which were not initially disclosed. Md Sabeeh Ahmad shares his review of the book below. ” at his shop.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The issue involved in the case was whether the use of names and images of sportspersons to create digital player cards is a violation of their privacy and publicity rights. Thirdly, there is no clarity of rights of the seller and purchaser upon transfer of NFTs of a copyrighted work.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Shekhar Kapoor,where the former lady dacoit Phoolan Devi had protested against her portrayal in the film “Bandit Queen”,ruled that the right to privacy must encompass and protect the personal intimacies of the home, family, marriage, motherhood, procreation, and child rearing, irrespective of whether the person is a public figure.

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