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Anil Kapoor Vs Simply Life India & Ors: An Unwavering Assurance In Safeguarding Personality Rights Against Ai

IP and Legal Filings

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.

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[Guest post] China’s path to regulating facial recognition technology

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Facial recognition technologies are already widespread in China, though their adoption and use needs to comply with a number of requirements. There, it is a very lucrative and growing technology used in schools, railway stations, residential complexes and other public venues or to support “face-scanning payment” (????)

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If a Lawyer Accepts a TOS While Investigating a Claim, Does It Bind the Client to Arbitration?

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

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. Anarchy Has Ensued In Courts’ Handling of Online Contract Formation (Round Up Post)”. appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Fundamental Right to Privacy

IP and Legal Filings

Right of Privacy may, apart from contract, also arise out of a particular specific relationship which may be commercial, matrimonial, or even political. Disclosure of even true private facts has the tendency to disturb a person’s tranquility. 1998 Mr ‘X’ v.

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Media Laws, Rights & Privacy Of Celebrities

IP and Legal Filings

Furthermore, the Information Technology Act of 2000 makes it a crime to copy or transfer data from another person’s device without their permission. CONTRACTUAL ISSUES Various contracts are signed and executed by various performers/artists and stakeholders. They include the crew, the cast, and the location.

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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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