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Advent of AI Voice Generation and Threat to Personality Rights

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The development of Artificial Intelligence, from being able to create edited photos to now generating deepfake videos that cannot be distinguished from real videos, has created an imminent threat to intellectual property rights and personality rights specifically. and includes both commercial and non-commercial aspects.

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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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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 10 – July 16)

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We also came across the Delhi High Court orders on the interplay between the Patents Act and the Competition Act, and on the inheritability of personality rights. The plaintiff further argued that he was the lawful successor to the personality rights of the late actor. Her area of interest lies in IP and corporate law.

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Publicity Rights Concerning Sports Athletes

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Merely put, it is an individual’s right to handle the commercial use of their name, image, individuality and personal brand. Publicity, such as character, reputation and personal brand, will be protected under various statutes, such as the Copyright Act 1957 and the Trade Marks Act 1999. iv] The Copyrights Act, 1957. [v]

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Traditional Tattoos on the Red Carpet: Continuing the Conversation of Collective Ownership

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These events point to two prevalent issues within the current legal framework: First, that current intellectual property laws do not properly acknowledge collective ownership over shared culture within Indigenous communities and second, whether tattoo designs have the potential to be protected through copyright laws. Of note, in DRG Inc.

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Publicity Rights: An analysis of Amitabh Bachchan V. Rajat Nagi & Ors.

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Due to the extent of unlawful activity associated with the petitioner’s name and personality, the court granted a restraining order on 25 th November 2022 against various people and companies. What are Publicity Rights? However, Indian law has indirect references for the protection of publicity rights. Additionally, Sec.

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Right of Publicity Part 2

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Protection Of Publicity Right As A Well-Known Trademark Although, publicity rights do not have any statutory protection per se in the Indian Law, but publicity rights in some form are protected by The Trade Marks Act, 1999 and The Copyright Act, 1957. In another case of Indian Performing Rights Society v.

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