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Personality Rights In India : A Statutory And Judicial Analysis

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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 Issues in The World of Japanese Sequential Art – Manga

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IP ISSUES CREATED BY THE MANGA FAN BASE Due to the growing interest of the world inMangas several rights of a manga-ka are challenged. Donjinshiisa self-published fan bookthatuses the existing manga characters violating the personality rights of the characters as was established in the famous caseof V.T. Napster, Inc.,

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French domain name registrar transfers rights to domain name based on posterior GI registration

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GI registration was granted by the French IP Office (INPI) on 1st of December 2017. In parallel, an unnamed person (‘defendant’) registered the domain name ‘porcelainefrancaisedelimoges.fr’ (‘French porcelain from Limoges.fr’). In its allegations to AFNIC, the plaintiff invoked two rights.

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Analysis Of Domain Name Disputes In India

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This unique address is achieved through a set of Internet Protocol (IP) numbers, commonly known as IP addresses, which have become a primary concern for the allocation of domain names on the Internet. Domain name disputes The unique mapping between IP addresses and domain names has created an artificial scarcity of domain names.

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Right of Publicity Part 2

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Author: Sonakshi Pandey, A Student at Symbiosis Law School in case of any queries please contact/write back to us at support@ipandlegalfilings.com or IP & Legal Filing References Image Rights of Famous Persons Vis-à-Vis Right to Privacy : an Analysis under the Intellectual Property Laws in India and other Countries, 5.1

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