IP and Legal Filings
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
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.
IPilogue
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
These events point to two prevalent issues within the current legal framework: First, that current intellectual property laws do not properly acknowledge collective ownership over shared culture within Indigenous communities and second, whether tattoo designs have the potential to be protected through copyright laws.
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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog
JANUARY 22, 2024
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.
SpicyIP
DECEMBER 30, 2023
[Delhi High Court] On September 20, the Delhi High Court granted relief to film actor Anil Kapoor against the unauthorised use of his image, name, voice, and other traits of his persona for monetary gain, reinforcing his personality rights. Sarl a A Sarogi , where the Court affirmed the position on descendability of publicity rights.
SpicyIP
JANUARY 2, 2022
Google argued that even when the keyword is a trademark, it is never used in a ‘trademark sense’, thereby the invisible use of trademarks, as keyword, failing to meet the threshold to constitute infringement. Recognition of non-human inventors, AI and its implications for India.
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