SpicyIP

MAY 3, 2023

are typically objected to on the grounds of personality rights (publicity rights, celebrity rights, by other names), privacy and (to a limited extent) defamation. Such treatment usually amounts to violations of the moral rights of the author.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 26, 2024

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. With a passion for the dynamic intersection of law, media and technology, she is particularly interested in exploring intellectual property and tech policy.

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43(B)log

JUNE 26, 2023

The underlying lawsuit asserted misappropriation of images and likenesses for advertising purposes under state law; violation of the Virginia business conspiracy statute; and violations of the Lanham Act for false advertising and false association. The Virginia ROP “protects both a property interest and a right to privacy.”

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SpicyIP

JULY 13, 2021

student at the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. The plaintiff censured the defendants for violating privacy, right to publicity, free and fair trial, also invoking the Ashok Kumar jurisdiction of the court. Next, it delved into the question of the perpetuity or descendibility of these rights. Nishtha Gupta.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Topics will include access and substantial similarity, fair use, performers' rights, moral rights, expert testimony, the role of lay listeners, sound sampling as it appears in court and out-of-court litigation. For more information and to register, click here. More information and submission guidelines can be found here.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 6, 2024

In the US, a voice isn’t explicitly protected under copyright law, but there are potential protections under the right of publicity, which is enforced through state laws related to the appropriation of likeness, name, and voice. Legal precedents like Midler v.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Contextualized in a sectorial approach - including areas such as health, fashion, environmental, artificial intelligence, automotive, and food industry - expert panels will consider the challenges and developments in IP case law and legislation that lie ahead. Time is flying and we need to pause and analyse what has happened so far this year.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Reviving popular artists posthumously, though nostalgic, prompts critical questions about the boundaries around consent, personality rights, moral rights, economics of the industry, and even ethics. The question is- when AI starts hitting the high notes, who holds the rights to the encore? Rajagopal v.

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SpicyIP

JULY 11, 2021

He evaluates the various applicable laws to argue that a thesis is a ‘public document’, the right to access which is available to the public as a matter of public interest, as well as through fair use under Section 52 of Copyright Act and also the RTI Act. For further details, please see the announcement.

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Art Law Journal

AUGUST 18, 2022

For example, California has special laws designed to limit paparazzi photographs, thanks to its high number of celebrity residents. Laws regarding the use of a person’s likeness, also known as the right of publicity, ensures that a model or other subject of an artwork controls the commercial exploitation of their name, image, or persona.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 29, 2023

The issues pertaining to the rights of VTubers encompass rights to the design of the character, the privacy of the individual, licensing and taking inspiration from an existing character. 14] Valentine Labaume, ‘The Protection of Fictional Characters under EU Intellectual Property Law’ (2021) 4(2) SIPLR 34, 44. [15]

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The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

The second edition offers revised, or wholly rewritten chapters to the overlaps discussed in the first edition so as to reflect recent developments, as well as to include new chapters (the overlap between privacy and copyright law; privacy and secrecy; trademarks certification marks and collective marks; and IP and traditional knowledge).

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Clancco

MARCH 8, 2021

A Massachusetts judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a woman claiming that she, not Harvard University, is the rightful owner of haunting images of an enslaved father and daughter who she says were her ancestors. More here.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 21, 2022

Recognising the challenges for performers in the position and enforcement of their rights, the book also includes discussion on other forms of protections and remedies for performers, such as moral rights, contracts, passing off and copyright infringement. Actors, dancers, musicians and singers, yes. What about a juggler?

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 6, 2024

Two side notes before getting into the meat of the order: First , it is interesting to see that though the plaintiff raised the argument of the infringement of moral rights, the court hasn’t addressed this. Second , in different places, the Court has used the language “Personality rights and right to publicity”.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Protecting personality rights has become a growing problem in India due to deepfakes, morphed pictures, etc. In between these problems came Delhi High Court’s judgement in favour of Anil Kapoor wanting to get personality rights. Interesting right? Puttaswamy v. The Plaintiff also referenced Vanna White v.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Gaon (Harry Radzyner Law School, Reichman University, Israel) considers these and other questions. Gaon also considers no-authorship possibilities as alternative rights models, such as ‘author in law’ and AI moral rights. And, if so, to what extent and what does this mean for the concept of authorship in copyright?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 26, 2024

In the UK, performers’ economic rights can be assigned to producers without any mechanisms for reversion, and their moral rights can be waived meaning they cannot be subsequently enforced. More from our authors: International Cybersecurity and Privacy Law in Practice, Second Edition by Charlotte A.

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43(B)log

APRIL 7, 2023

Moderator: Martin Senftleben, University of Amsterdam Copyright Law and/or/vs. a ‘Brussels Effect’ for the Digital Services Act Jennifer Urban, Berkeley Law School The Brussels Effect claim is descriptive, not predictive—can it apply to the DSA? Anupam Chander, Georgetown Law School Imagine the DSA of Brazil, India, Nigeria, or Putin.

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