IP and Legal Filings
OCTOBER 11, 2022
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.
LexBlog IP
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
Jokes aside, the title of today’s post is “Your Face, is My Case,” because we’re talking about likeness and image rights, sometimes collectively referred to as “personality rights.” Student athletes are allowed to fully control their personality rights and make money licensing them.
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The IPKat
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
While it appears to be easier to waive moral rights in common law countries, the continental European tradition is more focused on protecting the author’s personality rights, which encompass moral rights. The right of attribution is particularly important for photographers and their licensees.
SpicyIP
FEBRUARY 10, 2024
It’s also important to note that past rulings by the Calcutta High Court and Delhi High Court have found websites/platforms streaming copyrighted songs for profit not to be covered under Section 52(1)(a)(i) of the Act so as to protect individual personality rights.
SpicyIP
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Notably, Monsanto’s matter had several layers including the State Governments seeking to regulate IP licensing fees, and the Indian seed companies who previously licensed technology from Monsanto, refusing to pay royalties to Monsanto. Speaking of late movie stars, one may wonder about the posthumous enforcement of celebrity rights.
Managing IP
OCTOBER 27, 2021
Sources believe that licensing of IP and personality rights may be beneficial, but judicial and legislative solutions are needed in the longer run
SpicyIP
JULY 17, 2023
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. The plaintiff further argued that he was the lawful successor to the personality rights of the late actor. Her area of interest lies in IP and corporate law.
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