article thumbnail

The EU imperative to a free public domain: The case of Italian cultural heritage

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Image via Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Christoph Schmidt Public Domain Mark 1.0 The human right to cultural participation has become a pillar of protecting and empowering individuals and communities. At the EU level, the competence to legislate on cultural matters is mostly left to the Member States.

article thumbnail

SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 10 – July 16)

SpicyIP

We also came across the Delhi High Court orders on the interplay between the Patents Act and the Competition Act, and on the inheritability of personality rights. The plaintiff further argued that he was the lawful successor to the personality rights of the late actor. Her area of interest lies in IP and corporate law.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Safeguarding Personal Names

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

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.

article thumbnail

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

SpicyIP

However, in its final judgment the Court noted that the generalized principle of upholding the right to be forgotten would open floodgates and cause confusion. When the grant of license moves into the realm of business, then section 33(1) and/or the second proviso of the Copyright Act applies. Hero Electric Vehicles Private Ltd v.

IP 143