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

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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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IP Issues in The World of Japanese Sequential Art – Manga

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Afterward, the second world war did pose an interruption in the steady growth but in turn, it scaled the manga market to a whole new different level in 1947. IP ISSUES CREATED BY THE MANGA FAN BASE Due to the growing interest of the world inMangas several rights of a manga-ka are challenged.

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Media Laws, Rights & Privacy Of Celebrities

IP and Legal Filings

This recorded music is frequently sold at significantly lower prices than market rates, resulting in massive losses for music producers. Furthermore, the Information Technology Act of 2000 makes it a crime to copy or transfer data from another person’s device without their permission.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 13- November 19)

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A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court to hear appeal against the Single Judge order in the Sushant Singh Rajput personality rights case. FMC faces class action lawsuits by its investors for failing to disclose information about weakening patent protection and subsequent legal defeats in markets like India, China and Brazil.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 18- December 24)

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In this month’s edition, he looks into topics including the Plant Variety Registry, different tales of/ takes on personality rights, and multiple leaks of key documents and their contribution in law-making. The Plaintiffs have issued notices and reached out for mediation which failed, thus this suit for interim injunction.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

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[Delhi High Court] On September 20, the Delhi High Court granted relief to film actor Anil Kapoor against the unauthorised use of his image, name, voice, and other traits of his persona for monetary gain, reinforcing his personality rights. Sarl a A Sarogi , where the Court affirmed the position on descendability of publicity rights.

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