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. Puttaswamy v.
The IPKat
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
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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SpicyIP
DECEMBER 20, 2023
From Big-B Baritone to Anil Kapoor’s Jhakaas, the life of Personality rights : Since Shouvik’s 2010 post about Amitabh Bachhan’s concern over the use of his voice to sell Gutka (an addictive substance), we have come to a long way! Speaking of late movie stars, one may wonder about the posthumous enforcement of celebrity rights.
Likelihood of Confusion
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
As predicted in this space, Wired News reports that the publicity generated by Apple’s ham-fisted exile of a new book about Steve Jobs from its own stores has resulted in such strong demand for the book that the publisher, John Wiley & Sons, has “doubled the print run and moved publication forward a month to […] The post Good (..)
SpicyIP
JULY 9, 2021
The courts’ approach in Krishna Kishore Singh and Deepa Jayakumar is well-reasoned, and it’s clear that courts are not in favour of post-mortem survival of publicity rights. It is pertinent to note that in case of unauthorised biopics, books, web-series, etc., Can publicity rights survive after a celebrity’s death? Rajagopal v.
Selvam & Selvam Blog
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
3 in the suit, Manoj Publications was allegedly commercially exploiting association with the actor to sell general knowledge books on popular e-commerce platforms. The suit additionally sought to get a John Doe order for safeguarding the plaintiff’s rights against future instances of infringement. Defendant no. Defendant no.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 14, 2023
For example, according to the Guidelines, a university press has to pay the Public Sector (Ministry of Culture or public museum) for the reproduction, in a book, of images of public cultural property. The Tribunale di Firenze focuses attention on the provisions governing the concession of use of the cultural property (art.
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