IP and Legal Filings
MAY 17, 2024
The concept of passing off under trademarks law was used to provide relief to the plaintiff. The concept of passing-off under Trademark law can be applied if the person concerned is a well-known figure. It is a common tort law aspect and can be used for unregistered trademarks. In Amitabh Bhachchan v.
IPilogue
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
In 2015, the Cowichan Tribes were faced with the issue yet again when Ralph Lauren launched their own line of Cowichan sweaters. 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.
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Intepat
MAY 16, 2023
Through various case laws, the scope of publicity rights has been expanded by the Indian judiciary. The Trade Marks Act, 1999 governs trademark law in India and provides for the registration, protection, and enforcement of trademarks. Under this Act, Sec. In Shivaji Rao Gaikwad v.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
AUGUST 5, 2022
The court relies on two decisions: (1) In re CTLI, a bankruptcy ruling from 2015 blogged here: “ Company’s Social Media Accounts Transferred in Bankruptcy ” and (2) Int’l Bhd. The Spectacular Failure of Employee Social Media Privacy Laws. Social Media and Trademark Law” Talk Notes. Teamsters Loc.
TorrentFreak
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Since 2015, TIR has made its specialist content available via the website mistressharley.com (NSFW) and through authorized third parties under licensing agreements. The complaint notes that at least two of these pirate sites use privacy services provided by the named defendants – Cloudflare and domain company NameSilo.
SpicyIP
JANUARY 23, 2023
Differentiating the right to privacy and the right to anonymity, the court held that a tussle between RTBF and public interest needs to be settled mainly through legislative action and, in some cases, by Courts using a balancing exercise. Of 55,607 URLs blocked in India between January 2015 and September 2022, 46.8
IP and Legal Filings
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Right To Publicity- A Constitutional Right The right of publicity stems from the right of privacy. But right to privacy only came to be recognised as a fundamental right in the year 2017 in the case of Justice K.S. Publicity Rights and the Right to Privacy in India, 31.1 Puttaswamy (retd.) Union of India and Ors. Rajagopal v.
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