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Ferragamo did not infringe Audrey Hepburn’s image/personality rights by stating that its shoes were originally designed for her

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Is it an infringement of a person’s own personality/image rights to say that a shoe was designed for that person (and that fact is true)? In all this, it is worth recalling that, under Italian law, image/personality rights have traditionally received broad protection. The shoes in question?

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It’s Now or Never: The ELVIS Act Takes on AI in Music

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Effective on July 1, 2024, the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act will amend Tennessee’s Personal Rights Protection Act of 1984 to explicitly include protections for songwriters, performers, and music industry professionals’ voice from misuse of artificial intelligence (AI).

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 13- November 19)

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VIII, Issue I [Submit by January 7, 2024] NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies is inviting original, unpublished manuscripts for publication for its upcoming issue. The last date for submissions is January 7, 2024. Call for Papers: NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies Vol.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 18- December 24)

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In this month’s edition, he looks into topics including the Plant Variety Registry, different tales of/ takes on personality rights, and multiple leaks of key documents and their contribution in law-making. The matter is listed for May 2024 next to consider whether the suit needs to be continued or not.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

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[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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