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.

Personality Rights 62

Personality Rights Privacy Social Media Intellectual Property 62

The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

The second edition offers revised, or wholly rewritten chapters to the overlaps discussed in the first edition so as to reflect recent developments, as well as to include new chapters (the overlap between privacy and copyright law; privacy and secrecy; trademarks certification marks and collective marks; and IP and traditional knowledge).

Intellectual Property 89

Intellectual Property Editing Privacy Moral Rights 89

IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Introduction There is no exact legislation in India concerning regulating the publicity rights of a sports athlete. Through various proceedings from the Court of law, Publicity rights are inherent in Articles 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India. [i]

Intellectual Property 97

Intellectual Property Privacy Branding Brands 97

IPilogue

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Emily Prieur is an IPilogue Writer and a 3L JD Candidate at Queen’s University Faculty of Law. . The Cowichan could have had a stronger claim against Ralph Lauren, given that they had already turned their minds to protecting their intellectual property through trademark law. Current State of the Law on Tattoo Designs.

Ownership 103

Ownership Intellectual Property Artwork Copyright Law 103

Intepat

MAY 16, 2023

This brings us to the question of whether the usage of such photographs is lawful or not, regardless of the person being a celebrity. Recently, Amitabh Bachchan’s voice and his image had been used by various persons for commercial purposes without his consent. What are Publicity Rights? Under this Act, Sec.

Branding 98

Branding Brands Branding Personality Rights 98

The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Jakub Wyczik (University of Silesia in Katowice) on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the application of copyright subsistence criteria. The problem is not human, but the work In fact, the whole issue is not about a person, but about a work.

Copyright 138

Copyright Derivative Work Music Copying 138

SpicyIP

MAY 3, 2023

are typically objected to on the grounds of personality rights (publicity rights, celebrity rights, by other names), privacy and (to a limited extent) defamation. This is coupled with a dismal lack of awareness of rights (especially of the non-economic kind) available under copyright law amongst authors in India.

Moral Rights 114

Moral Rights Personality Rights Copyright Privacy 114