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.
IP and Legal Filings
APRIL 8, 2023
Introduction The media believes that it is their fundamental right to capture and publish all information about celebrities about matters of “public interest” or “public concern” that arise from the “Freedom of the Press” guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution.
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SpicyIP
JULY 9, 2021
Raghuram Jaisukhram Chandrani the plaintiff (a descendant of late Jalaram Bapu) had claimed that Jalaram Bapu’s right to privacy and publicity would be violated if the defendants made a film about his life. Here, there was no discussion if privacy survives an individual’s death. In Akshaya Creations v. Relying on Puttaswamy v.
The IPKat
SEPTEMBER 24, 2023
340 (1991) , Case C-5/08, Infopaq (2009) , Eastern Book v. They therefore introduced additional rights for derivative works, such as translations, film adaptations or musical arrangements (pp. A film adaptation cannot take over the elements of a book other than statements. But the world does not end with "creator's rights."
Canadian Intellectual Property Blog
JUNE 10, 2020
When it comes to celebrities and other public figures, the laws across Canada have established various personality rights to protect these individuals from the exploitation of their image or likeness. This stems from the idea that a person should have the exclusive right to market and/or capitalize on their personality and image.
Intepat
MAY 16, 2023
Some of these were Rajat Nagi, who used the petitioner’s image in various mobile apps and websites, Rana Pratap Singh who used his famous voice in the Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) lottery scam, Manoj Publications who used his image in a General Knowledge Quiz book. What are Publicity Rights?
SpicyIP
JULY 27, 2023
Factual Background The case at hand involved the plaintiff seeking an interim injunction against the defendants to restrain them from using the name/likeness of the late actor unauthorizedly through the release of the impugned film amounting to infiltration of personality rights, violation of free trial, passing off et al.
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