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Right of Publicity Part 2

IP and Legal Filings

Right To Publicity- A Constitutional Right The right of publicity stems from the right of privacy. But right to privacy only came to be recognised as a fundamental right in the year 2017 in the case of Justice K.S. Puttaswamy (retd.) Union of India and Ors. Nonetheless, in R. Rajagopal v.

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

Intepat

Due to the extent of unlawful activity associated with the petitioner’s name and personality, the court granted a restraining order on 25 th November 2022 against various people and companies. What are Publicity Rights? Through various case laws, the scope of publicity rights has been expanded by the Indian judiciary.

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Moment Marketing and its legal implications

Selvam & Selvam Blog

Music vector created by macrovector. Unfortunately, in India, there is no specific legislation which protects the intellectual property rights of celebrities. Accordingly, any unauthorized use of any kind of logo or symbol associated with any event, can make a case of trademark infringement. Personality Rights.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2021

SpicyIP

The suit concerned agreements dating back to 2001 between IPRS and ENIL regarding broadcasting music in certain cities. When ENIL broadcast music in cities other than the ones in the agreement, IPRS filed an infringement suit. Previously , the right had been discussed in the context of individual’s names appearing in judgments.

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