IP and Legal Filings

MAY 17, 2024

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 Intellectual Property Social Media Intellectual Property Law 72

IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 19, 2023

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.

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Personality Rights Privacy Moral Rights Copyright 76

SpicyIP

MAY 20, 2024

The defendant claimed defence under comparative advertising, that it does lead to disparagement and that the plaintiff does not hold registration over the blue colour in question. emphasizing on person skilled in the art. The five-step inquiry into inventive step, as outlined in the latter case was also referred. v Cipla Ltd.,

Trademark 45

Trademark Advertising Advertising Copyright 45

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JULY 19, 2021

Serious Comparative Advertising: Broadening the Definition. In this guest post , Sangita Sharma analyses the law around comparative advertisements in India. She contends that the ‘fair’ and ‘honest’ use thresholds under Section 30(1)(a) and (b) of the Trade Marks Act should come to the rescue of such advertisements. Other Posts.

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Advertising Advertising Non-Fungible Tokens Intellectual Property 105

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JANUARY 2, 2022

Citing the agreement, the defendant requested the suit to be referred to an arbitration. The Court held that the use of the Google Ads program undisputedly qualifies as advertising, which falls under Indian trademark law. However, later the defendant served a termination notice against which the plaintiff filed this suit.

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IP Intellectual Property Copyright Trademark 143

Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

which refer to a person’s rights to name and image. On top of that, as the case demonstrates, the public domain may receive other threats from an aggressive extension of the scope of personality rights. Setting aside the private international law aspects, the case deserves examination on two main grounds.

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DECEMBER 30, 2023

[Delhi High Court] On May 23, the Delhi High Court passed an interesting jud gement on the issue of ownership of the copyright in a film screenplay and held that the copyright in the screenplay of the film ‘Nayak’, lay with Satyajit Ray and on his demise, with his son Sandip Ray and the Society for Preservation of Satyajit Ray Archives (SPSRA).

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