Article Brands IP Personality Rights 
IP and Legal Filings
MAY 13, 2023
This obligation serves as a check against arbitrary exercise of judicial power, which is in line with Article 14 of the Constitution and the principles of natural justice. However, the order was brief and did not specify any statutory or common law basis for the protection of personality rights, merely citing Titan Industries as precedent.
IP and Legal Filings
APRIL 19, 2023
Introduction Personality rights refer to a person’s ability to safeguard his or her identity in the context of a property or privacy right. Celebrities value these rights since their names, images, or even voices may be inappropriately used in commercials by various businesses to increase sales. Puttaswamy v.
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IP and Legal Filings
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
ABSTRACT There has been a dramatic increase in the commercial use of celebrity personalities by people not authorized to do so compared to the earlier times. Protecting personality rights has become a growing problem in India due to deepfakes, morphed pictures, etc. Interesting right? Puttaswamy v.
SpicyIP
MAY 21, 2024
Comparing the approaches of the Courts vis a vis personality rights and the right to livelihood, we are pleased to bring to you this guest post by Aditya Bhargava. Comparing the approaches of the Courts vis a vis personality rights and the right to livelihood, we are pleased to bring to you this guest post by Aditya Bhargava.
SpicyIP
JANUARY 2, 2022
Continuing our annual tradition of recounting the significant developments that impacted the Indian IP landscape in the year that has been, we bring you a round-up of 2021’s developments. This year, we have divided these developments into three categories: a) Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Topicality/Impact).
Intepat
MAY 16, 2023
Recently, Amitabh Bachchan’s voice and his image had been used by various persons for commercial purposes without his consent. Since he is a well-known person and has publicity rights attached to his name and photographs, the infringers faced legal action. What are Publicity Rights?
SpicyIP
DECEMBER 30, 2023
As 2023 comes to an end, in line with our annual tradition, we take stock of the top IP developments that occurred this year. The decisions in the second category, i.e., Top 10 IP Cases/Judgements (Jurisprudence/Legal Lucidity) reflect those that we thought showed a fair bit of jurisprudential rigour and/or legal lucidity. Nataraj, Ms.
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