LexBlog IP

JULY 25, 2023

There has been immense activity surrounding the jurisprudence of celebrity rights in India with numerous judicial pronouncements in recent years. In a recent development, the High Court of Delhi confirmed that the publicity rights of individuals are not inheritable and extinguished with the death of the individual/celebrity.

Personality Rights 52

Personality Rights Privacy Reporting Invention 52

SpicyIP

JULY 17, 2023

Her area of interest lies in IP and corporate law. Her area of interest lies in IP and corporate law. We also came across the Delhi High Court orders on the interplay between the Patents Act and the Competition Act, and on the inheritability of personality rights. Hope you enjoy the SpicyIP Weekly review!

Personality Rights 97

Personality Rights Copyright Patent Copyright Infringement 97

SpicyIP

JULY 27, 2023

She is an IP lawyer based out of New Delhi. Previously in 2021, the plaintiff’s interim injunction application had been heard by Justice Sanjeev Narula wherein the Hon’ble Court did not deem fit to pass an injunction on the ground of descendability of publicity rights. [ This guest post is authored by Devangini Rai.

Privacy 98

Privacy Personality Rights Blogging Publishing 98

SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

Continuing our annual tradition of recounting the significant developments that impacted the Indian IP landscape in the year that has been, we bring you a round-up of 2021’s developments. This year, we have divided these developments into three categories: a) Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Topicality/Impact).

IP 143

IP Intellectual Property Copyright Trademark 143

SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

She highlights that the Court refused to afford post mortem protection to personality rights of the actor. Nishtha emphasises that in determining whether the deceased possessed personality rights enforceable by his heirs, the Court based its reasoning on the intertwining between privacy and publicity rights.

Advertising 105

Advertising Advertising Non-Fungible Tokens Intellectual Property 105

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. Court’s reasoning.

Privacy 105

Privacy Personality Rights Moral Rights Copyright 105

The IPKat

AUGUST 9, 2021

On the one hand, there are privacy and data protection concerns, as this is a particularly intrusive form of data processing. As a next step, the SPC Provisions enumerate certain activities that infringe the personality rights and interests of natural persons. Likewise, many regulatory ventures focus on security.

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Technology Privacy Law Litigation 127