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JULY 9, 2021

Recently, a copyright infringement suit had been filed before the District Court, Trivandrum, against Facebook India. Being his sole legal heir, the copyright in these works is held by Sweety Priyanka Vempati Ravi Shankar. Let’s see what the various case laws pertaining to the posthumous survival of celebrity rights have held.

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DECEMBER 20, 2023

With further ado, here’s what I found in Novembers: Database Protection in India: Since Prof Basheer’s 2005 post about the inaccurate implication of the theft of data as copyright infringement, to 2023, not much seems to have changed. Speaking of late movie stars, one may wonder about the posthumous enforcement of celebrity rights.

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DECEMBER 30, 2023

[Delhi High Court] On September 20, the Delhi High Court granted relief to film actor Anil Kapoor against the unauthorised use of his image, name, voice, and other traits of his persona for monetary gain, reinforcing his personality rights. Sarl a A Sarogi , where the Court affirmed the position on descendability of publicity rights.

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