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Deepfakes and Personality Rights: The Need for codifying Personality Rights.

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The proliferation of deepfake technology has posed significant challenges to the protection of individual identity and reputation and the recent incidents of INDIA TV and Medanta hospitals trademark infringement and deepfaked potrayals have once again re-surfaced this issue.

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John Doe Order Issued Against “Taarak Mehta” Infringers: Revisiting the Rights Vested in Fictional Characters

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Samridhi is a final-year student at the Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, and a graduate in Journalism from Lady Shri Ram College for Women. The Personality Rights Conundrum The issue of personality rights, however, leads us to a slightly trickier terrain.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 10 – February 16)

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Case Summaries Astellas Pharma Inc vs Astellaz Pharmaceuticals on 3 February, 2025 (Delhi High Court) The suit was filed seeking relief of permanent injunction restraining the defendant from infringing its trademark. The top two entries will be awarded with some cash prizes and also with a chance to be published on the blog!

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 3 – March 9)

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Other Posts Call for Submissions: Indian Journal of Law and Technology [Volume 21] and IJLT Blog (Submissions on Rolling Basis) NLSIUs Indian Journal of Law and Technology (IJLT) is inviting submissions for Volume 21 of the Journal and the IJLT Blog, on a rolling basis. Read the post for more details.

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Recipes Aren’t Copyrightable, No Matter How “Exciting” They Are–Coscarelli v. Esquared

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If you’re selling your personality rights, make sure you understand the implications!!! Newspaper Can Talk About “Derby Pies” Without Infringing Trademarks–Rupp v. Courier Journal. Doubling (& Tripling) Down on Trademark Protection For Secret Menu Items–In-N-Out v. Case citation : Coscarelli v.

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Celebrity Rights: Understanding This Unique Right

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The current statute provides protection of these celebrity rights under trademark law, copyright law as well as passing off action for infringing the said rights. Personality Rights: Personality is an attribute through which an individual is recognized in the society, depending upon the talent they possess.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 13- November 19)

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The course is supported by Texas A&M University School of Law and will be delivered in-person at the Centre for Technology and Law, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), Gandhinagar. Call for Papers: NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies Vol.