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Personality Rights – Is it enough to protect us from AI?

Selvam & Selvam Blog

In response to these threats, many popular personalities have started trademarking their names to protect their goodwill and reputation from being misused by technology. However, the existing legislations do not seem fully equipped to address the complexities of the advent of artificial intelligence in the media.

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Safeguarding Personal Names

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Many companies exploit renowned person identities without obtaining proper consent, leading intellectual property experts to advocate for the safeguarding of image rights through registration under Intellectual Property laws. This unauthorized usage may also give rise to breaches of confidence or violations of privacy.

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Fantasy Sports and Trademarks

Selvam & Selvam Blog

Generally, such fantasy games have no registration fee in order to attract as many participants as they can, although there are those that charge a fee as well. With the rapid emergence of technology, fantasy games can be accessed on a variety of platforms or personal devices. Fantasy Sports and Trademarks.

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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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Book Review: Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights (Second Edition)

The IPKat

The second edition offers revised, or wholly rewritten chapters to the overlaps discussed in the first edition so as to reflect recent developments, as well as to include new chapters (the overlap between privacy and copyright law; privacy and secrecy; trademarks certification marks and collective marks; and IP and traditional knowledge).

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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? 19 further provides the fundamental right to ensure the freedom of speech and expression of an individual.

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

SpicyIP

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so we have a fair sprinkling of cases dealing with copyright, patents, trademarks, competition law etc. The case clarifies that the bar on arbitrability of trademark disputes is not an absolute one. Golden Tobacco Ltd [Delhi High Court]. Jorawer Singh Mundy v.

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