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Fonts & Typefaces: Are they Copyrightable? 

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Typeface’ refers to the particular design of letters, numbers, marks and symbols. Shivam is a recent graduate of the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. But as I will discuss in this post, they fulfill the eligibility criteria as provided under the Copyright Act, 1957. Before we begin, let me lay down the glossary for this post.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (September 25- October 1)

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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?