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.

Personality Rights 52

Personality Rights Intellectual Property Social Media Intellectual Property Law 52

IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 8, 2023

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.

Privacy 73

Privacy Law Intellectual Property Music 73

Intepat

MAY 16, 2023

What are Publicity Rights? Publicity rights or personality rights are rights of an individual to control the commercial usage of their identities, such as name, image, voice, and any similar characteristics. However, Indian law has indirect references for the protection of publicity rights.

Branding 98

Branding Brands Branding Personality Rights 98

IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

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.

Personality Rights 61

Personality Rights Privacy Social Media Intellectual Property 61

SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The plaintiff was granted, through an agreement, an exclusive non-transferable, non-assignable license for selling, supplying, and distributing the defendant’s brands in domestic and international markets. Previously , the right had been discussed in the context of individual’s names appearing in judgments.

IP 143

IP Intellectual Property Copyright Trademark 143

SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

She notes that the most controversial provision in the new Bill is the re-introduction of revisionary powers of the Central Government to direct the CBFC Chairman to reexamine an already certified film. She highlights that the Court refused to afford post mortem protection to personality rights of the actor.

Advertising 105

Advertising Advertising Non-Fungible Tokens Intellectual Property 105