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Why Moral Rights are Dead Serious: Preserving the Posthumous Moral Right of Integrity – Part II

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Can legal representatives substitute their own judgement in the vindication of the author’s moral right? Ascertaining Author’s Subjectivity from Beyond The Grave The term “legal representative” has been defined in the Indian Civil Procedure Code, 1908 to include those empowered to represent the estate of the deceased person.

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Personality Rights In India : A Statutory And Judicial Analysis

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Introduction Personality rights refer to a person’s ability to safeguard his or her identity in the context of a property or privacy right. Celebrities value these rights since their names, images, or even voices may be inappropriately used in commercials by various businesses to increase sales.

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Personality Rights : Through The Glasses Of IPR

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Every day we come across many such influencers and celebrities endorsing products wherein the personality of an individual is traded either by validation or without. Living in an era where influential personalities are reverenced, fortifying Personality Rights from any such misuse is a must. PERSONALITY RIGHT.

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Book Review: Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights (Second Edition)

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This Kat is pleased to review the “ Overlapping Intellectual Property rights ”, edited by Neil Wilkof [full disclosure: a member of the IPKat team], Shamnad Basheer, and Irene Calboli (OUP, 2023, 864 pp.). The analysis is offered from the US, the UK, and the EU perspectives.

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

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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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No Injunction on the Film ‘Nyay: The Justice’: Is It Really Just?

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Among the many grounds was the court’s refusal to afford post mortem protection to personality rights of the actor. I shall specifically be dealing with the contention around publicity rights. Thereby the court is acknowledging the enigmatic nature of this right- as both property and moral right.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

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[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.

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