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Personality Rights : Through The Glasses Of IPR

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Every day we come across many such influencers and celebrities endorsing products wherein the personality of an individual is traded either by validation or without. Living in an era where influential personalities are reverenced, fortifying Personality Rights from any such misuse is a must. PERSONALITY RIGHT.

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Journey Through “Novembers” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present)

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Meanwhile, there was a case where the Delhi High Court struck down Section 24(5) of the Plant Varieties Act which which allowed the registrar to issue interim directions against third-party abuse during the plant variety registration process. Speaking of late movie stars, one may wonder about the posthumous enforcement of celebrity rights.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

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[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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Publicity rights in the AI era: Key takeaways from artist Arijit Singh’s recent legal Victory in India

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the Bombay Court recently took a pro-publicity and -personality rights stance in an ex-parte ad-interim order concerning the unauthorized use and cloning of Indian artist Arijit Singh ’s voice by multiple defendants. In essence, Arijit Singh lamented a troubling array of violations of his publicity and personality rights.

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Book Review: Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights (Second Edition)

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The fictitious German inventors want to commercialise their invention, yet do not have sufficient funds to seek patent registration. He also explains the history of why utility models never became an EU-wide right. The analysis is offered from the US, the UK, and the EU perspectives.