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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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Safeguarding Personal Names

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

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.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2021

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We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so we have a fair sprinkling of cases dealing with copyright, patents, trademarks, competition law etc. The case clarifies that the bar on arbitrability of trademark disputes is not an absolute one. Golden Tobacco Ltd [Delhi High Court]. Jorawer Singh Mundy 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. The plaintiffs’ claim which demanded recognition of post mortem rights thereby did not find favour with the court.

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