The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In August, the Constitution and Human Rights Division of the High Court of Kenya issued a decision on the question of image rights and its relationship with privacy rights and data protection laws in Kenya. Background The Petitioner, Wanjiru was an alumna of the respondent, Machakos University. Paragraph 31].

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Privacy Personality Rights Advertising Advertising 97

SpicyIP

JULY 13, 2021

A recent order by a single judge of the Delhi High Court in a litigation demanding an injunction on the release of the film allegedly based around the life of Sushant Singh Rajput (‘SSR’) is another instance of the controversy surrounding the matter. I shall specifically be dealing with the contention around publicity rights.

Privacy 105

Privacy Personality Rights Moral Rights Copyright 105

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 23, 2022

This is a putative class action lawsuit against a people search company for allegedly misusing publicity and personality rights by displaying images contained in yearbooks. This case addresses the often-relevant question of whether counsel can compromise a client’s rights through use of a site or agreement to a terms of service.

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Privacy Contracts Personality Rights Litigation 100

SpicyIP

MAY 3, 2023

are typically objected to on the grounds of personality rights (publicity rights, celebrity rights, by other names), privacy and (to a limited extent) defamation. The integrity right can be exercised by legal representatives of the author as well.

Moral Rights 114

Moral Rights Personality Rights Copyright Privacy 114

The IPKat

AUGUST 9, 2021

On the one hand, there are privacy and data protection concerns, as this is a particularly intrusive form of data processing. As a next step, the SPC Provisions enumerate certain activities that infringe the personality rights and interests of natural persons. Likewise, many regulatory ventures focus on security.

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Technology Privacy Law Litigation 127

SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The decisions in the first category , i.e., Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Topicality/Impact) reflect those that we thought were important from a topical point of view and were covered by the media in some way owing to the importance of parties litigating or the issue being considered or for impact on industry and innovation/creativity ecosystem etc.

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