SpicyIP
OCTOBER 1, 2023
In a “Jhakaas” (a slang for fantastic) news for the actor Anil Kapoor, Delhi High Court granted the actor an interim injunction against use/ misuse of his personality rights. Bharti is a Professor of Law at the Delhi University, and her previous posts can be accessed here. Simply none. Anil Kapoor one being the latest.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
AUGUST 7, 2023
Foto de Alice Dietrich na Unsplash US Supreme Court’s Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Goldsmith et al sheds light on different perspectives of copyright law in common law and civil law countries. This brief post dives into this duality, as exampled by American and Brazilian law.
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SpicyIP
DECEMBER 20, 2023
The issue has often arisen in the context of protecting confidential information through copyright law. Basheer’s two larger-than-law type posts: The Seed(y) Saga and Pest Policy. While there has always existed an arguable case for personality rights in India, the winning stakes have gotten higher and clearer over the years.
IIPRD
AUGUST 11, 2023
There is no question of fair use as although it is not commercially beneficial but it is neither limited to private use. However, the US Court has held Napster [2] , which was a file-sharing platform as well, guilty of infringing copyrighted materials and was denied the defence of fair use.
SpicyIP
NOVEMBER 19, 2023
Other Posts Free Certificate Course in Application of Intellectual Property Rights for Startups and Entrepreneurship [November 22- 23] Free Certificate Course in Application of Intellectual Property Rights for Startups and Entrepreneurship on November 22 and 23. Capital General Store and Jawed Ansari v.
SpicyIP
JULY 29, 2021
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). This is perhaps why fonts cannot be copyrighted in the US. Murray in his article Copyright, Originality, and the End of Scenes a Faire and Merger Doctrines for Visual Work (p.4)
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. Bolt Technology v. First, in Toyota v.
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