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MARCH 30, 2025

Announcing the Winners of the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law! 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?

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AUGUST 22, 2021

In a guest post , Satchit Bhogle covered the issue of infringement of personality rights. It is noted that the test for identifying infringement of personality rights is to check whether there has been unauthorised use of identity for commercial gain and if there is a likelihood of confusion.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Granules India, the Delhi HC recorded a settlement after Granules’ undertaking for exemption under Section 107A a.k.a The unauthorized commercial exploitation of Late Ratan Tatas name and image was also recognized as a violation of personality rights. Read for more on this update! the Bolar provision. Defendant No.

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MAY 3, 2023

Considering that most intellectual property disputes are resolved by way of settlement, legal representatives motivated by economic incentives may also chose to aggressively pursue violations in the hopes of monetary settlements that enhance the receivables from the work.

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MAY 20, 2024

Highlights of the Week Announcing the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law Prof (Dr.) Vodafone on the other hand argued that the memorandum of settlement it executed with Saregama permitted it to use the sound recordings in question. This and much more in last week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review.

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OCTOBER 2, 2023

Image Rights Alright—But Can They Trump Established Rights and Doctrines? Image from here The Delhi High Court’s recent interim injunction concerning Anil Kapoor’s personality rights throws up an important question- should such orders protecting personality rights overlook the established principles and doctrines?

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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. WIPO Adopts Two Treaties!

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