Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

For renowned figures, the importance of their name extends to public perception, brand identity, and professional success. Therefore, the need to safeguard one’s name becomes apparent, and Intellectual Property Rights offer a means to address this concern.

Intellectual Property 76

Intellectual Property Registration Trademark Personality Rights 76

Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 29, 2024

Image via Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Christoph Schmidt Public Domain Mark 1.0 The human right to cultural participation has become a pillar of protecting and empowering individuals and communities.

Public Domain 130

Public Domain Artwork Copyright Marketing 130

The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

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.

Intellectual Property 89

Intellectual Property Editing Privacy Moral Rights 89

SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

An interim order issued by a single-judge bench of the Delhi High Court recognised the right to be forgotten (RTBF) as a subset of the fundamental right to privacy. Previously , the right had been discussed in the context of individual’s names appearing in judgments. Top 10 Judgments/Orders [Jurisprudence/Legal Lucidity].

IP 143

IP Intellectual Property Copyright Trademark 143

SpicyIP

JULY 13, 2021

Among the many grounds was the court’s refusal to afford post mortem protection to personality rights of the actor. The plaintiff censured the defendants for violating privacy, right to publicity, free and fair trial, also invoking the Ashok Kumar jurisdiction of the court. Brief facts.

Privacy 105

Privacy Personality Rights Moral Rights Copyright 105