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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 (July 12 – 18)

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She highlights that the Court refused to afford post mortem protection to personality rights of the actor. Nishtha emphasises that in determining whether the deceased possessed personality rights enforceable by his heirs, the Court based its reasoning on the intertwining between privacy and publicity rights.

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Africa IP Highlights #3: Patents and reforms in IP policy, legislation and administration

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March in South Africa, a matter, Groundprobe Pty Ltd and another v Reutech Mining (Pty) Ltd and others which started out as a patent infringement action ended up with a court judgment revoking the patent for a lack of inventive step. In July , PACRA released and published its 2021 – 2026 Strategic Plan.

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