IP and Legal Filings

MAY 17, 2024

The development of Artificial Intelligence, from being able to create edited photos to now generating deepfake videos that cannot be distinguished from real videos, has created an imminent threat to intellectual property rights and personality rights specifically. and includes both commercial and non-commercial aspects.

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Personality Rights Intellectual Property Social Media Intellectual Property Law 93

SpicyIP

AUGUST 26, 2024

However, its specific emphasis on protecting certain elements of the whole scheme of copyrighted content, such as fictional characters and the distinctive personas they embody, has been a focal point, contributing substantially to the discourse surrounding the ever-expanding ambit of copyrightability as well as personality rights.

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Personality Rights Privacy Copyright Trademark 103

Olartemoure Blog

JULY 17, 2024

This means the tattoo artist holds the exclusive rights to reproduce, distribute, and display the design. COMMISSIONED TATTOOS AND OWNERSHIP When commissioning a tattoo, clients pay for the service, not the copyright. TRADEMARKS AND TATTOOS Tattoos can also intersect with trademark law.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

These events point to two prevalent issues within the current legal framework: First, that current intellectual property laws do not properly acknowledge collective ownership over shared culture within Indigenous communities and second, whether tattoo designs have the potential to be protected through copyright laws.

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Ownership Intellectual Property Artwork Copyright Law 102

SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

Google argued that even when the keyword is a trademark, it is never used in a ‘trademark sense’, thereby the invisible use of trademarks, as keyword, failing to meet the threshold to constitute infringement. Recognition of non-human inventors, AI and its implications for India.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

[Delhi High Court] On May 23, the Delhi High Court passed an interesting jud gement on the issue of ownership of the copyright in a film screenplay and held that the copyright in the screenplay of the film ‘Nayak’, lay with Satyajit Ray and on his demise, with his son Sandip Ray and the Society for Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives (SPSRA).

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IP Copyright Trademark Intellectual Property 114

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

These affected rights encompass personality rights, representing a distinctive form of intellectual property that transcends mere financial considerations. Personality rights, being non-inheritable and non-assignable, highlight the personal and non-transferable essence of this form of intellectual property.

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