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

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An interim order issued by a single-judge bench of the Delhi High Court recognised the right to be forgotten (RTBF) as a subset of the fundamental right to privacy. Previously , the right had been discussed in the context of individual’s names appearing in judgments.

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PV Sindhu’s Olympics Victory: How Non-Sponsors Skirt the Law by ‘Congratulating’ Athletes

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When they do that, they open themselves up to accusations of unauthorisedly infringing on the athlete’s personality rights. But the patriotism of FMCG and other companies, entities who have personality and nationality only by legal fiction, is less certain. The Right of Publicity. Entertainment Pvt.