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A blow to image rights?: the Supreme Court rules on the protection of the personality rights of deceased celebrities

Garrigues Blog

The Supreme Court has again ruled on the protection of the personality rights of deceased celebrities. Analyzed in conjunction with the previous Dalí judgment, this new ruling may introduce some uncertainty as to the post mortem scope of protection of such rights. The Supreme Court’s opinion.

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Commercializing the Personalities of the Dead: The Dangers of the Posthumous Market

IPilogue

In 2020, a South Korean television and radio network, Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation, released a documentary that revealed one family’s journey in recreating their 7-year-old deceased daughter, Na-Yeon, through the technology of virtual reality (“VR”). In the case of Na-Yeon, her personality rights were used to recreate her VR persona. .

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[Guest post] Artificial Intelligence and (hopefully) the death of copyright

The IPKat

The problem is not human, but the work In fact, the whole issue is not about a person, but about a work. But the world does not end with "creator's rights." If someone invades your privacy, you can enforce your personality rights. If someone competes unfairly with you, there is unfair competition law.

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Moment Marketing and its legal implications

Selvam & Selvam Blog

While such acts were prevalent for some time now, they did not necessarily infringe the rights of any party involved in it. However, recently when PV Sindhu won a medal in the Tokyo Olympics 2020, a lot of brands ran advertisements on social media platforms portraying her name and face along with their logo and brand to congratulate her.

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[Guest post] China’s path to regulating facial recognition technology

The IPKat

Anja had a relevant publication in 2020, in case readers are interested: How Comprehensive Is Chinese Data Protection Law? On the one hand, there are privacy and data protection concerns, as this is a particularly intrusive form of data processing. The IPKat is delighted to host the following guest post by Anja Geller (Ph.D.

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Italian Supreme Court admits possibility of global delisting/removal orders … at least under Italian law

The IPKat

It is also a question without an easy answer, given the conflicting rights and interests that come into consideration and require to be fairly balanced. Just a few days after CNIL , however, the CJEU ruled once again on the territorial scope of injunctions relating to the protection of rights online.

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Right of Publicity Part 2

IP and Legal Filings

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

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