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Publicity Rights Concerning Sports Athletes

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Publicity rights have attracted considerable recognition in the field of intellectual property rights. Merely put, it is an individual’s right to handle the commercial use of their name, image, individuality and personal brand.

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Media Laws, Rights & Privacy Of Celebrities

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Unless with his/her consent, the right to control the commercial use of his/her own identity should be exclusively theirs. Image Sources : Shutterstock] Protection Under Copyright Act, Licensing & Contractual Issues for the Celebrities A celebrity is a well-known person. They include the crew, the cast, and the location.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2021

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Such an interpretation allows for a patentee to claim a right to prohibit another party’s export of allegedly infringing goods, thus going beyond what the statute actually offers. This judgment concerned the classification of payments under end-user license agreements (EULA). Engineering Analysis Centre for Excellence Pvt.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 12 – 18)

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She highlights that the emphasis is on investing only in royalty revenue and not buying the artist’s rights or retaining control over their work. NFTs (Non-fungible tokens), which act as a certificate of ownership for whatever the creator puts up for sale, allow artists to set their preferred terms of contract while making sales.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

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The Court interpreted the clause on ownership of work made during a contract of service (Section 17(c)) to not apply in situations where there is a contract between equals. The Court limited the scope of Section 17(c) to apply to contracts where the relationship between the parties is akin to that of an apprenticeship.

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