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Unreasoned Orders for Personality Rights

IP and Legal Filings

As a result, interim orders in trademark infringement cases have become somewhat standardized. However, even in areas of the law that are not fully developed, it is crucial to indicate the legal basis for an order, even if briefly, as this requirement should not be sacrificed for the sake of judicial expediency. In Gautam Gambhir v.

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Personality Rights : Through The Glasses Of IPR

IP and Legal Filings

Every day we come across many such influencers and celebrities endorsing products wherein the personality of an individual is traded either by validation or without. Living in an era where influential personalities are reverenced, fortifying Personality Rights from any such misuse is a must. PERSONALITY RIGHT.

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Safeguarding Personal Names

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

These affected rights encompass personality rights, representing a distinctive form of intellectual property that transcends mere financial considerations. Personality rights, being non-inheritable and non-assignable, highlight the personal and non-transferable essence of this form of intellectual property.

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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? Under this Act, Sec. The definition clause under Sec. Additionally, Sec.

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Moment Marketing and its legal implications

Selvam & Selvam Blog

We have come across many instances where Indian celebrities have registered their names and/or their signatures as a trademark. Accordingly, any unauthorized use of any kind of logo or symbol associated with any event, can make a case of trademark infringement. Personality Rights. Tata Tea Ltd (CS no.

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Anil Kapoor Vs Simply Life India & Ors: An Unwavering Assurance In Safeguarding Personality Rights Against Ai

IP and Legal Filings

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.

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Announcing the Winners of the 2nd Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on IP Law!

SpicyIP

The article endorses an intellectual property approach to understand the right and its infringement. This is achieved by understanding the parallels between publicity right and trademark law. Throughout the article, the author derives insights from US case laws which have had a considerable influence on Indian courts.

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