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Commercializing the Personalities of the Dead: The Dangers of the Posthumous Market

IPilogue

In 2020, a South Korean television and radio network, Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation, released a documentary that revealed one family’s journey in recreating their 7-year-old deceased daughter, Na-Yeon, through the technology of virtual reality (“VR”). In the case of Na-Yeon, her personality rights were used to recreate her VR persona. .

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Media Laws, Rights & Privacy Of Celebrities

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction The media believes that it is their fundamental right to capture and publish all information about celebrities about matters of “public interest” or “public concern” that arise from the “Freedom of the Press” guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution.

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If a Lawyer Accepts a TOS While Investigating a Claim, Does It Bind the Client to Arbitration?

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This is a putative class action lawsuit against a people search company for allegedly misusing publicity and personality rights by displaying images contained in yearbooks. Related posts : “ Amazon Can’t Force Arbitration of Minors’ Privacy Claims Based on Alexa Recordings–BF v. The Ninth Circuit affirms in a memorandum opinion.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 10 – July 16)

SpicyIP

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. Delhi High Court grants permanent injunction against the use of ‘sattadream11’ mark Case: Sporta Technologies Pvt. Her area of interest lies in IP and corporate law.

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Unauthorized Photographs: The Rights Of The People We Capture

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

When it comes to celebrities and other public figures, the laws across Canada have established various personality rights to protect these individuals from the exploitation of their image or likeness. This stems from the idea that a person should have the exclusive right to market and/or capitalize on their personality and image.

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Anil Kapoor Vs Simply Life India & Ors: An Unwavering Assurance In Safeguarding Personality Rights Against Ai

IP and Legal Filings

ABSTRACT There has been a dramatic increase in the commercial use of celebrity personalities by people not authorized to do so compared to the earlier times. Protecting personality rights has become a growing problem in India due to deepfakes, morphed pictures, etc. Interesting right? Puttaswamy v.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 12 – 18)

SpicyIP

She emphasises that there exists the possibility of only big artists in the industry being able to cash in on this, as it generally tends to happen with any such new technology or business model. She highlights that the Court refused to afford post mortem protection to personality rights of the actor.