IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 31, 2024

In such a situation, public disclosure of even true private facts may amount to an invasion of the right of privacy which may sometimes lead to the clash of one persons “right to be let alone” with another persons right to be informed.28.

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Privacy Personality Rights Confidentiality Law 91

Selvam & Selvam Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The counsel on behalf of Mr Bachchan alleged that the defendants were violating the famous actor’s ‘publicity rights as a celebrity’ which have been recognised earlier by the court in Titan Industries Ltd. The suit additionally sought to get a John Doe order for safeguarding the plaintiff’s rights against future instances of infringement.

Personality Rights 52

Personality Rights Television Registration Technology 52

The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The beauty of this book is that the authors have taken all the above into consideration and have presented this book with deliberate simplicity and yet deep in scope and analytical preponderance. Chapter two presents the legal and policy framework for IP protection at the international, regional and domestic levels.

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Intellectual Property Law Intellectual Property Law Registration 80

IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

ABSTRACT There has been a dramatic increase in the commercial use of celebrity personalities by people not authorized to do so compared to the earlier times. Protecting personality rights has become a growing problem in India due to deepfakes, morphed pictures, etc. Interesting right? Puttaswamy v.

Personality Rights 63

Personality Rights Privacy Social Media Intellectual Property 63

SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Look no further as we present to you the SpicyIP Weekly Review, highlighting the discussions that took place on the blog along with other IP news. Passing the present order, the court clarified that the application for interim injunction cannot be kept pending and requires prima facie findings on merit.

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Cease and Desist Copyright Infringement Invention Social Media 105

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 23, 2022

This is a putative class action lawsuit against a people search company for allegedly misusing publicity and personality rights by displaying images contained in yearbooks. It’s always disappointing to see the Ninth Circuit take this approach when the case presents a thorny issue.

Privacy 99

Privacy Contracts Personality Rights Litigation 99

Intepat

MAY 16, 2023

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? Also, in Sourav Ganguly v. Tata Tea Ltd.

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Branding Brands Branding Personality Rights 98

IPilogue

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

the Federal Court ruled that legal protection of works is not restricted based on the medium in which it is presented. The court ruled that the tattoo artist did in fact own the copyright in his tattoo design; however, he was limited by the personality rights of the person he tattooed. Of note, in DRG Inc.

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Ownership Intellectual Property Artwork Copyright Law 103

IIPRD

AUGUST 11, 2023

INTRODUCTION [Image Sources: Tokyo National Museum] Manga can be best defined as sequential art presented with an illustrative narration of a story. Donjinshiisa self-published fan bookthatuses the existing manga characters violating the personality rights of the characters as was established in the famous caseof V.T.

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Art IP Intellectual Property Copyright 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

If you’re selling your personality rights, make sure you understand the implications!!! The application of this principle to this case is easy: the elements that Defendants allegedly copied from Coscarelli’s cookbooks are primarily lists of ingredients and directions for combining them. Case citation : Coscarelli v.

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Copyright Social Media Copying Blogging 140

U.S. Department of Commerce

JUNE 23, 2022

He recently taught a course on respondent contact, as well as led Economic directorate presentations on communication and ways to reduce respondent burden. Supporting Pride month means supporting LGBTQIA+ individuals and seeing them as authentic people deserving of civil rights and protections.

Personality Rights 81

Personality Rights 81

SpicyIP

JULY 27, 2023

Factual Background The case at hand involved the plaintiff seeking an interim injunction against the defendants to restrain them from using the name/likeness of the late actor unauthorizedly through the release of the impugned film amounting to infiltration of personality rights, violation of free trial, passing off et al.

Privacy 98

Privacy Personality Rights Blogging Publishing 98

SpicyIP

JULY 29, 2021

Applied to the present instance, no matter how artistically a letter is written, as long as the aesthetic embellishment cannot be separated from the functional aspect, i.e., the letter, i.e., the font is unprotectable. Shivam is a recent graduate of the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

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Copyright Artistic Work Copyright Law Fair Use 126

The IPKat

DECEMBER 17, 2021

It’s now wait-and-see how it pans out… In February , Namibian Business and Intellectual Property Authority (BIPA) advised that they are in the process of finalizing a new legal framework for copyright protection in Namibia, which would see the repeal of the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act 6 of 1994.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

The present case clarified that there is a distinction between cases directly arising from IPR issues and those arising from indirectly connected matters. The petitioner contented that Jayalalithaa’s personality rights and her family’s privacy rights should be protected and that the productions may be incorrect and misleading.

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IP Intellectual Property Copyright Trademark 143

Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

On appeal from an earlier order, the present ruling affirmed the Court of Venice’s competence to rule on the infringing conduct, i.e., the use of the work’s image to produce and distribute puzzles faithfully reproducing it by all the companies of the Ravensburger group. Nonetheless, this case is anything but balanced.

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Public Domain Copyright Law Artwork 98

SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

In the event of assignment of rights, any person wishing to legally record a film would have to additionally obtain written permission from the author aside from the permissions already needed from the present copyright owner. Not obtaining the author’s consent might lead to heavy penalties.

Advertising 105

Advertising Advertising Non-Fungible Tokens Intellectual Property 105

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Other Posts Journey Through “Novembers” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present) Sift through the pages of November(s) posts on SpicyIP in another round of SpicyIP flashbacks by Lokesh. If the Expert Committee, so opines, any senior official may be contacted from CGPDTM, who may also be present before the Exert Committee for rendering assistance.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 9, 2021

Already enacted and practically significant , but legally non-binding is the “Personal Information Security Specification” of 2020, which similarly categorises “facial recognition features” as sensitive personal information and requires explicit, unbundled consent and specific security measures.

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Technology Privacy Law Litigation 127

SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Considering that the defendant was using the mark for identical goods, and targets the same consumers, the court passed the present order. A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court to hear appeal against the Single Judge order in the Sushant Singh Rajput personality rights case. Pernod Ricard India Private Ltd.

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Intellectual Property Journalism Patent Application Social Media 59

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

[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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IP Copyright Trademark Intellectual Property 124

SpicyIP

OCTOBER 1, 2023

In a “Jhakaas” (a slang for fantastic) news for the actor Anil Kapoor, Delhi High Court granted the actor an interim injunction against use/ misuse of his personality rights. Image from here Image Rights Alright—But Can They Trump Established Rights and Doctrines? Simply none. Anil Kapoor one being the latest.

Personality Rights 111

Personality Rights Non-Fungible Tokens Copyright Social Media 111

SpicyIP

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Look no further as we present to you the SpicyIP Weekly Review, highlighting the discussions that took place on the blog along with other IP news. Image Rights Alright—But Can They Trump Established Rights and Doctrines? Wondering what IP developments took place last week? Should They? Read the post by Prof.

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