SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Case Summaries Anil Kapoor vs Simply Life India & Ors on 20 September, 2023 (Delhi High Court) Image from here The Plaintiff sought protection of his personality rights, publicity rights and elements associated with his persona like his name, voice, photographs/ likeness, dialogues, manner of dialogue delivery, gestures, signatures.

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Cease and Desist Copyright Infringement Invention Social Media 105

SpicyIP

JULY 29, 2021

Typeface’ refers to the particular design of letters, numbers, marks and symbols. The legal position in India is that fonts do not enjoy copyright protection under its copyright law, i.e. under the Copyright Act, 1957 (page 5). Shivam is a recent graduate of the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

JUNE 10, 2020

When it comes to celebrities and other public figures, the laws across Canada have established various personality rights to protect these individuals from the exploitation of their image or likeness. The case law has established that to succeed in the tort of appropriation of personality, the following criteria must be met: 1.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

The Court applies Italian law cross-border to the unitary set of conducts, based on an economic-functional link among all company divisions, indicating as the main criterion of connection with Italian jurisdiction the forum damni ex Article 20 of the Italian code of civil procedure (c.p.c.), which refer to a person’s rights to name and image.

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The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

The second edition offers revised, or wholly rewritten chapters to the overlaps discussed in the first edition so as to reflect recent developments, as well as to include new chapters (the overlap between privacy and copyright law; privacy and secrecy; trademarks certification marks and collective marks; and IP and traditional knowledge).

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SpicyIP

MAY 20, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of posts on the Law Commission’s Report on Trade Secrets and Economic Espionage, DHC’s decisions on working examples, writ jurisdiction of the pre-grant oppositions, and the Viagra-Vigoura trademark dispute. This and much more in last week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review.

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SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

In this guest post , Sangita Sharma analyses the law around comparative advertisements in India. She argues that the law should broaden the definition of serious comparative advertisement (where the owner of the mark advertises his product reference to his competitor’s product based on scientific study) by allowing multiple comparisons.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 2, 2022

The template is not intended to be a one-size-fits-all solution; rather, it is designed to provide colleges and universities with a starting point for crafting their own policies. Personal Branding. What is Right of Publicity? Who is affected by the Right of Publicity? Personal Rights vs. Property Rights.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Introduction The rights which are granted to the people for their creative work are known as intellectual property rights. They provide the creator a sole, time-limited right to make use of their invention. IP can be acquired, inherited, traded, or purchased. Arbitration needs to be formalised.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. The Court delineated instances like parody and satire where free speech in the context of well-known persons may be protected. Microsoft Technology Licensing v.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so we have a fair sprinkling of cases dealing with copyright, patents, trademarks, competition law etc. The Kerala High Court had recognised a petitioner’s right to privacy and reputation while seeking the removal of their name from judgments published on IndianKanoon.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 24, 2023

In this month’s edition, he looks into topics including the Plant Variety Registry, different tales of/ takes on personality rights, and multiple leaks of key documents and their contribution in law-making.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Image Rights Alright—But Can They Trump Established Rights and Doctrines? Image from here The Delhi High Court’s recent interim injunction concerning Anil Kapoor’s personality rights throws up an important question- should such orders protecting personality rights overlook the established principles and doctrines?

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