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SpicyIP Weekly Review (August 16 – 22)

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In a guest post , Satchit Bhogle covered the issue of infringement of personality rights. It is noted that the test for identifying infringement of personality rights is to check whether there has been unauthorised use of identity for commercial gain and if there is a likelihood of confusion.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 13- November 19)

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The issue here pertains to the question of whether a patent office located in one place can transfer a patent application to another office in the absence of any specific provision in the law. However, the plaintiff retorted that the work was not permanently situated in the public space.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (September 18- September 24)

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Case Summaries Anil Kapoor vs Simply Life India & Ors on 20 September, 2023 (Delhi High Court) Image from here The Plaintiff sought protection of his personality rights, publicity rights and elements associated with his persona like his name, voice, photographs/ likeness, dialogues, manner of dialogue delivery, gestures, signatures.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 13- May 19) 

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The plaintiff alleged that the defendant not only manufactures the impugned product but also promotes the same on social media. The patent was rejected by the Deputy Controller on the grounds that the application did not provide exact ratio pesticide and safener being used and for lack of inventive steps.

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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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