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Vempati Ravi Shankar – Facebook Copyright Dispute: Issues on Moral Rights and Posthumous Enforcement of Celebrity Rights

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He was credited with the creation of many musical compositions and choreographies. A copyright holder has the exclusive right to communicate his work to the public and as the plaintiff’s sound recordings were used without authorisation, copyright infringement could be easily proved. The Right to Integrity.

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Personality Rights : Through The Glasses Of IPR

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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.

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[Guest post] Anderson.Paak got a new tattoo- and we might have an idea why

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Fritsch, both talented and enthusiastic former students of mine, which - while reviewing Anderson.Paak 's latest tattoo - discusses post-mortem moral rights protection and the value of a tattoo as an. Despoina and Simon also recommend some music background by Anderson.Paak to accompany the reading of the article. & Simon J.

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Journey Through “Novembers” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present)

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From Big-B Baritone to Anil Kapoor’s Jhakaas, the life of Personality rights : Since Shouvik’s 2010 post about Amitabh Bachhan’s concern over the use of his voice to sell Gutka (an addictive substance), we have come to a long way! Speaking of late movie stars, one may wonder about the posthumous enforcement of celebrity rights.

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Book Review: Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights (Second Edition)

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Ochoa authors Chapter 9, which is devoted to the overlaps between copyright and the rights of publicity or personality rights. Being taken from an actual instance of Canadian litigation, the hypothetical allows Sundara Rajan to address differences in treatment of moral rights between civil law and common law countries.

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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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