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INTRODUCTION - Publicity rights play an important role in India based on the culture of celebrity worship and the importance of the name, image, and likeness of sports, television and media personalities, political figures, musicians, etc. In India, the right to publicity is recognised as a part of the right to privacy.
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He also understood the power of his own story, safeguarding his image through personalityrights and exercising control over how his likeness was used. That control extended to film and television as well.
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A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court to hear appeal against the Single Judge order in the Sushant Singh Rajput personalityrights case. VIII, Issue I [Submit by January 7, 2024] NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies is inviting original, unpublished manuscripts for publication for its upcoming issue.
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Posted In Intellectual Property , Name, Image, and Likeness , Publicity Rights Believe it or not, there are no federal statutes or case laws protecting your exclusive right to the use of your name, image, and likeness (NIL) or any other defining factor of your identity, such as your voice or signature.
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