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Ferragamo did not infringe Audrey Hepburnā€™s image/personality rights by stating that its shoes were originally designed for her

The IPKat

In all this, it is worth recalling that, under Italian law, image/personality rights have traditionally received broad protection. Comment There is little to say regarding this decision, if not that it appears difficult to imagine how the Court could have held otherwise.

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Your Face, is My Case: Personality Rights

LexBlog IP

Jokes aside, the title of today’s post is “Your Face, is My Case,” because we’re talking about likeness and image rights, sometimes collectively referred to as “personality rights.” Student athletes are allowed to fully control their personality rights and make money licensing them.

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

SpicyIP

Like last year, we kept the topic selection open to participants ā€“ asking them to choose any topic they wanted so long as it related to IP. Nonetheless, we were glad to see entries across a range of interesting topics and are very happy to see relatively uncommon topics take the podium places.

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Moment Marketing and its legal implications

Selvam & Selvam Blog

It refers to marketing in respect of trending topics/events usually undertaken by brands to gain traction and benefit from the popularity that the trending events have garnered. Therefore, brands constantly look to create campaigns or post about any current topic to encash on such opportunities to stay relevant and visible.

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After Michael Jordan: a new typical case on what is the right of likeness under the Civil Code of China

The IPKat

On the topic of unauthorized use of a celebrityā€™s image, readers might recall the IPKat post covering the high-profile Michael Jordan case in China in 2017. Thereā€™s a threshold with regard to the right of likeness protection somewhere here, but the question is: where exactly? Case reference (Civil Judgment No.

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What Do You ā€œMemeā€ Thatā€™s Copyrightable?

IPilogue

As part of the course requirements, students were asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. While the protection of memes remains unclear and unresolved, plaintiffs can claim copyright, trademark, and personality rights in the underlying images. Itā€™s no secret that memes have taken the internet by storm. According to s.3(1)

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A Look Back at Indiaā€™s Top IP Developments of 2021

SpicyIP

This year, we have divided these developments into three categories: a) Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Topicality/Impact). Top 10 Judgments/Orders [Topicality/Impact]. In ā€˜congratulatingā€™ newsmakers , advertisers open themselves up to accusations of unauthorizedly infringing on personality rights. H Lundbeck A/S v.

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