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[Guest Post] Book review: Intellectual Property Law in Nigeria: Emerging Trends, Theories And Practice

The IPKat

This book review of Intellectual Property Law in Nigeria: Emerging Trends, Theories And Practice by Desmond Oriakhogba (University of the Western Cape, South Africa) and Ifeoluwa Olubiyi (Afe Babaloloa University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria) is kindly provided by Kasim Waziri , Professor of Law at the University of Abuja, Nigeria.

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

Intepat

Some of these were Rajat Nagi, who used the petitioner’s image in various mobile apps and websites, Rana Pratap Singh who used his famous voice in the Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) lottery scam, Manoj Publications who used his image in a General Knowledge Quiz book. What are Publicity Rights? For instance, in Titan Industries Ltd.

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Media Laws, Rights & Privacy Of Celebrities

IP and Legal Filings

Furthermore, the Information Technology Act of 2000 makes it a crime to copy or transfer data from another person’s device without their permission. Licensing It denotes that the film is based on a previously published novel, book, or artistic work. The Indian Copyright Act of 1957 forbids and punishes acts of piracy.

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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

An example would be an artist copying a previous painting and merely altering the colors to pass it off as a new creation. Such cases are prohibited by law and can result in civil and criminal penalties. A film based on a book serves as an example. Brazilian Law Review of Civil Law – RBDCivil, v. 37, 2018). [3]

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Right of Publicity Part 2

IP and Legal Filings

InRaja Pocket Books v. Radha Pocket Books,the plaintiff filed a copyright infringement case against the defendant for publishing a comic book character named ‘Nagesh’. Radha Pocket Books,the plaintiff filed a copyright infringement case against the defendant for publishing a comic book character named ‘Nagesh’.

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