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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 23 – December 29)

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Delhi High Court Rulings on Celebrity Rights Galore: Examining the Rajat Sharma and Mohan Babu Orders Celebrity (Rights) in the News Again: Rajat Sharma and Mohan Babu approached the court seeking permanent injunction restraining infringement of their personality and publicity rights.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2021

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The Vidya Drolia case laid down certain conditions for non-arbitrability of disputes and stated that grant and issue of patents and registration of trademarks were exclusive sovereign or government functions, thus making them non-arbitrable. Durga Trading Corporation was clarified in this case. Hero Electric Vehicles Private Ltd v.

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Safeguarding Personal Names

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Many companies exploit renowned person identities without obtaining proper consent, leading intellectual property experts to advocate for the safeguarding of image rights through registration under Intellectual Property laws.

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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

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Arijit Singh, a globally recognized award-winning Bollywood playback singer and composer wanted to protect his publicity and personality rights, after the misuse of AI technology to create deepfake recordings of his voice, misleading events that falsely implied his endorsement, and the registration of domain names bearing his name.

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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.