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Advent of AI Voice Generation and Threat to Personality Rights

IP and Legal Filings

The development of Artificial Intelligence, from being able to create edited photos to now generating deepfake videos that cannot be distinguished from real videos, has created an imminent threat to intellectual property rights and personality rights specifically. and includes both commercial and non-commercial aspects.

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Unreasoned Orders for Personality Rights

IP and Legal Filings

As a result, interim orders in trademark infringement cases have become somewhat standardized. However, even in areas of the law that are not fully developed, it is crucial to indicate the legal basis for an order, even if briefly, as this requirement should not be sacrificed for the sake of judicial expediency. In Gautam Gambhir v.

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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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Safeguarding Personal Names

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Many companies exploit renowned person identities without obtaining proper consent, leading intellectual property experts to advocate for the safeguarding of image rights through registration under Intellectual Property laws. This unauthorized usage may also give rise to breaches of confidence or violations of privacy.

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Publicity Rights Concerning Sports Athletes

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction There is no exact legislation in India concerning regulating the publicity rights of a sports athlete. Through various proceedings from the Court of law, Publicity rights are inherent in Articles 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India. [i] iv] The Copyrights Act, 1957. [v]

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Publicity Rights: An analysis of Amitabh Bachchan V. Rajat Nagi & Ors.

Intepat

This brings us to the question of whether the usage of such photographs is lawful or not, regardless of the person being a celebrity. Recently, Amitabh Bachchan’s voice and his image had been used by various persons for commercial purposes without his consent. What are Publicity Rights? Under this Act, Sec.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 10 – July 16)

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Yashna is a fifth-year law student at UILS, Panjab University, Chandigarh. Her area of interest lies in IP and corporate law. Her area of interest lies in IP and corporate law. Case Summaries Calcutta High Court restrains the defendant from infringing the unregistered trademark of the respondent Case: Usco S.P.A.