SpicyIP

MARCH 30, 2025

PART I] Personality Rights in Spotlight Once More!: India Pride Advisory Order Can a movie carrying the name of a personality be restrained from release citing infringement of personality rights? PART II] Personality Rights in Spotlight Once More!: Anything we are missing out on? 1337X.TO.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Challenges emerge when AI systems not only retain data but also process and potentially share it with third parties without consent, placing data privacy at the forefront of AI governance. When AI relies on extensive datasets, questions around the ownership, control, and protection of both personal and IP-related data become critical.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Whether the government plans to amend the Copyright Act of 1957 to update copyright laws to cover AI-generated content. Whether the government plans to amend the Copyright Act of 1957 to update copyright laws to cover AI-generated content.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The Vidya Drolia case laid down certain conditions for non-arbitrability of disputes and stated that grant and issue of patents and registration of trademarks were exclusive sovereign or government functions, thus making them non-arbitrable. Olympic medalists and the right to publicity.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 29, 2024

The judicial reasonings ignored copyright legal provisions, applying cultural heritage law and taking a long-arm approach to cherry-picked legal norms (such as personality rights) to give significant leeway to the Italian government and cultural institutions to decide whether and to what extent reproductions of cultural heritage can be used freely.

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SpicyIP

JULY 17, 2023

We also came across the Delhi High Court orders on the interplay between the Patents Act and the Competition Act, and on the inheritability of personality rights. The plaintiff further argued that he was the lawful successor to the personality rights of the late actor. Her area of interest lies in IP and corporate law.

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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? However, Indian law has indirect references for the protection of publicity rights. Under this Act, Sec.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

In the Tribunale di Firenze’s decision, while the reference to the constitutional norm seems to represent a mere rhetorical exercise, the content of the exclusive right would be traceable in the provisions of the Cultural Heritage Code. 106), the instrumental use and reproduction (art. 107) and the concession fees and reproduction fees (art.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Notably, Monsanto’s matter had several layers including the State Governments seeking to regulate IP licensing fees, and the Indian seed companies who previously licensed technology from Monsanto, refusing to pay royalties to Monsanto. However, the Government later withdrew these guidelines. Sounds “Jhakaas!”

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 8, 2023

After reviewing similar relevant cases and precedents, the court dismissed the suit, ruling that celebrity rights cannot be granted or recognized without regard for the actual concept of The Right to Privacy.

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SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

She notes that the most controversial provision in the new Bill is the re-introduction of revisionary powers of the Central Government to direct the CBFC Chairman to reexamine an already certified film. She highlights that the Court refused to afford post mortem protection to personality rights of the actor.

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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. Current Broadcasting regulation in India.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

IP law is also multilayered and, therefore, developments and changes in the global governance cascades to regional and domestic spheres with varying implications. It responds to changes in investment frameworks and business and enterprise operations.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 17, 2021

In July , the Regulations governing this mandatory recordal - The Anti -Counterfeit (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 (Legal Notice no. In August , national elections in Zambia resulted in a change in government. The mandatory annual recordal of all trade marks and copyrights for goods imported in Kenya is shaping up.

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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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IIPRD

AUGUST 11, 2023

Donjinshiisa self-published fan bookthatuses the existing manga characters violating the personality rights of the characters as was established in the famous caseof V.T. There is no question of fair use as although it is not commercially beneficial but it is neither limited to private use.

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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. Delhi High Court clarifies that the Government is not empowered to fix or revise the “MRP” of the non-scheduled formulations under the Drugs (Price Control) Order.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 23, 2023

The right to use the name “Arun Jaitley” vested with the plaintiff alone on account of being a well-known mark and the plaintiff’s personal right and entitlement to use his personal name. The court held that the domain name was a rare combination of two words which was protectable under the Trade Mark Act, 1999.

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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.

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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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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 27, 2024

In recent times, the Delhi High Court has been spewing out decisions involving the Personality Rights of celebrities. We had the Anil Kapoor decision last year and similar rulings followed in 2024 dealing with the rights of Jackie Shroff , Vishnu Manchu , Arijit Singh.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Earlier today, the UK Government launched a public consultation on copyright and Artificial Intelligence (AI), including unlicensed text and data mining (TDM) and computer-generated outputs. This is not the first time the Government has consulted on amending s29A. And with computer-generated works.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MARCH 21, 2025

Eventually, the federal government will pass an artificial intelligence law, which will likely trump and preempt state laws. Agencies and businesses in the government and public sector deploying AI for public benefits eligibility or law enforcement determinations will also need to comply. We expect this trend to continue.

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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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Intepat

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Understanding Non-Fungible Tokens In the Metaverse The commercial ecosystem Metaverse is governed by the use of cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which leverage blockchain technology. This article will delve into the key copyright challenges associated with NFTs and their implications for the creative industry.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Eastern India Motion Pictures Association it was held by the Supreme Court of India that a person composing music and lyrics will have the right of performing it in public for profit purposes and he cannot be refrained from doingso even if the that music or lyrics is a part of the cinematograph film and the film producer has a copyright in the same.

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