Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Her inability to control social media accounts referencing her reminded me of the Hayley Paige Gutman litigation , and I will say more about this issue when I blog the JW Dant bourbon case. If you’re selling your personality rights, make sure you understand the implications!!! Some Related Blog Posts. Imapizza v.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

The decision mirrors the recent order, in a summary judgment, of the Civil Court of first instance of Venice (Tribunale civile di Venezia) in the Vitruvian Man (Uomo Vitruviano) case commented on by Giulia Dore on this blog. 106), the instrumental use and reproduction (art. 107) and the concession fees and reproduction fees (art.

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McBayer IP Blog

MARCH 24, 2022

More > Tags: college athletes , collegiate athletics , Intellectual Property , Name, Image, and Likeness , NCAA , personality rights. This new law opens up many doors for college athletes to benefit from their most closely held intellectual property—themselves.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As time passed, several developments happened on this front and there were brilliant posts on the blog, e.g. by Mrinalini Kochupillai , Prof. (Dr.) While there has always existed an arguable case for personality rights in India, the winning stakes have gotten higher and clearer over the years. Trivedi , Mr. Essenese Obhan.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 23, 2022

This is a putative class action lawsuit against a people search company for allegedly misusing publicity and personality rights by displaying images contained in yearbooks. appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Judge Chen (of the Northern District of California) answered this question “no”. Facebook.”.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The suit additionally sought to get a John Doe order for safeguarding the plaintiff’s rights against future instances of infringement.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

These affected rights encompass personality rights, representing a distinctive form of intellectual property that transcends mere financial considerations. Personality rights, being non-inheritable and non-assignable, highlight the personal and non-transferable essence of this form of intellectual property.

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 9, 2021

As part of the course requirements, students were asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. While the protection of memes remains unclear and unresolved, plaintiffs can claim copyright, trademark, and personality rights in the underlying images. It’s no secret that memes have taken the internet by storm. According to s.3(1)

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Intepat

MAY 16, 2023

Due to the extent of unlawful activity associated with the petitioner’s name and personality, the court granted a restraining order on 25 th November 2022 against various people and companies. What are Publicity Rights?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 29, 2024

In recent first-instance rulings, copies of David by Michelangelo and Vitruvian Man by Leonardo Da Vinci were prevented from being freely used on a board game, a magazine cover page, and an advertising commercial (see also DeAngelis/Giardini here ; Dore/Caso here and here ).

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

Personality Rights. Also referred to as publicity rights, it is defined as the right of a person to his/her own personality and provides for the right to control commercial use of one’s human identity. Indian courts have over time recognized personality rights of celebrities in different judgments.

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McBayer IP Blog

AUGUST 17, 2021

Posted In Intellectual Property , Name, Image, and Likeness , Publicity Rights Believe it or not, there are no federal statutes or case laws protecting your exclusive right to the use of your name, image, and likeness (NIL) or any other defining factor of your identity, such as your voice or signature.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Look no further as we present to you the SpicyIP Weekly Review, highlighting the discussions that took place on the blog along with other IP news. Wondering what IP developments took place last week? Lokesh discusses the case in this short tidbit post.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Look no further as we present to you the SpicyIP Weekly Review, highlighting the discussions that took place on the blog along with other IP news. Image Rights Alright—But Can They Trump Established Rights and Doctrines? Wondering what IP developments took place last week? Should They? Read the post by Prof.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Here are our summaries of the blog posts published last week along with the summaries of some interesting orders from different courts. A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court to hear appeal against the Single Judge order in the Sushant Singh Rajput personality rights case. Anything we are missing out on?

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Emerging Trends in Publicity Rights in India : An Analysis Under the Intellectual Property Laws in India, 2 CMET (2015) 74 Zacchini v. Publicity Rights and the Right to Privacy in India, 31.1 06-10.305, [link] Publicity Right in India: A Misconception! Scripps Howard Broadcasting Co., 53 L Ed 2d 965 : 433 US 5624 (1977).

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

In addition to trademarks, the players are entitled to certain rights which are covered under the arena of ‘publicity rights’. Therefore, an integral issue that needs to be addressed is whether the personality rights of a player are infringed by using their names in fantasy sports.

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SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

She highlights that the Court refused to afford post mortem protection to personality rights of the actor. Nishtha emphasises that in determining whether the deceased possessed personality rights enforceable by his heirs, the Court based its reasoning on the intertwining between privacy and publicity rights.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

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. 15 B.C.). As an additional remark, this is particularly true in a situation like the one under consideration, where the work is significant for humanity at large.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The petitioner contented that Jayalalithaa’s personality rights and her family’s privacy rights should be protected and that the productions may be incorrect and misleading. The significance of the report and its issues have been extensively covered on the blog here.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The court ruled that the tattoo artist did in fact own the copyright in his tattoo design; however, he was limited by the personality rights of the person he tattooed. Notably, Belgian copyright law includes a statutory right to privacy , which includes the right to control your image.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

[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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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

JUNE 10, 2020

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.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

5] Conversely, the Brazilian system is primarily rooted in personality rights, particularly human dignity as a constitutional basis to the Brazilian constitutional order, which is expressed by four different fundamental rights: (i) freedom, (ii) equality, (iii) physical and psychological integrity, and (iv) dignity stricto sensu. [6]

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 24, 2023

From an in-depth discussion on the terms of copyright and translations in India to the recent UK Supreme Court’s order regarding the patentability of inventions by an AI, we had some engaging posts on this blog this week. To read these, along with a round up of IP developments around the country, and world, read on below.

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