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

IPilogue

Junghi Woo is a former IPilogue Content Manager, an IP Innovation Clinic Fellow and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. This article was written as a requirement for Prof. In fact, there exist several legal implications within Intellectual Property law (“IP”), such as the common law principle of personality rights.

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

Intepat

Recently, Amitabh Bachchan’s voice and his image had been used by various persons for commercial purposes without his consent. Since he is a well-known person and has publicity rights attached to his name and photographs, the infringers faced legal action. What are Publicity Rights?

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Media Laws, Rights & Privacy Of Celebrities

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction The media believes that it is their fundamental right to capture and publish all information about celebrities about matters of “public interest” or “public concern” that arise from the “Freedom of the Press” guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution.

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Anil Kapoor Vs Simply Life India & Ors: An Unwavering Assurance In Safeguarding Personality Rights Against Ai

IP and Legal Filings

ABSTRACT There has been a dramatic increase in the commercial use of celebrity personalities by people not authorized to do so compared to the earlier times. Protecting personality rights has become a growing problem in India due to deepfakes, morphed pictures, etc. Interesting right? Puttaswamy v.

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Unauthorized Photographs: The Rights Of The People We Capture

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

When it comes to celebrities and other public figures, the laws across Canada have established various personality rights to protect these individuals from the exploitation of their image or likeness. This article does not create a solicitor-client relationship between you and MBM Intellectual Property Law LLP.

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The clash of artistic rights: Warhol, Goldsmith, and the boundaries of copyright in Brazil and in the U.S.

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This is explicitly stated in Article 5, XXVII, of the Brazilian Constitution, and Article 1, Section 8, of the United States Constitution. 6] On practice, this means that overall Brazilian Copyright Law tends to have a pro-user interpretation, whereas US Copyright Law tends to have a pro-owner interpretation.

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Right of Publicity Part 2

IP and Legal Filings

This article is divided into two parts. The first part of this article explained the meaning of publicity rights and delved into the facet of legal recognition of publicity rights in jurisdictions other than India. First Part Right of Publicity Published on Mondaq. Puttaswamy (retd.) Union of India and Ors.

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