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Navigating Personality Rights – Does Fame Have a Trade-Off?

/ By / Others, Trademark

Regarding personality rights and introducing a public interest test before granting protection to celebrities, Rebecca Cardoso, in this guest post, advocates for a balanced approach prioritizing protection against genuine harm instead of trivial grievances. Rebecca is a corporate lawyer specializing in financial regulatory practice, with an interest in intellectual property rights. Views expressed here are those of the authors alone. Navigating Personality Rights – Does Fame Have a Trade-Off? By Rebecca Cardoso In recent years, the right to publicity, often […]

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DHC Directs CIC to Disclose a Ph.D Thesis, Clarifies that it is Not Exempted under the RTI Act

/ By / Copyright

Analysing the Delhi High Court’s decision in Rajeev Kumar v. Central Information Commission, SpicyIP intern Aishani Chatterjee discusses its key contribution vis-a-vis academic freedom. Aishani is a second year B.Sc. LL.B.(Hons.) student at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS), Kolkata. DHC Directs CIC to Disclose a Ph.D Thesis, Clarifies that it is Not Exempted under the RTI Act By Aishani Chatterjee In a significant judgment, the Delhi High Court, in Rajeev Kumar v. Central Information Commission (CIC)

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Nayanthara and Dhanush Copyright Controversy – De Minimis Rule to the Rescue?

/ By / Copyright

With the deadline of January 8 nearing for Naayanthara to file her reply in the high-profile copyright dispute with actor Dhanush’s production house, over the unauthorized use of behind-the-scenes footage, Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan and Deepali Vashist discuss whether the De Minimis rule can save the “Lady Superstar”. Bharathwaj is a 3rd year LLB Student at RGSOIPL, IIT Kharagpur and loves books and IP. Deepali is a 3rd year law student at NLSIU Bangalore. Her passion lies in understanding the intersections of AI

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Revisiting Trade Secrets in the Light of The Delhi High Court’s Decision in the Navigators Logistics Case

/ By / Trade Secret

[This post has been authored by SpicyIP intern Kaustubh Chakrabarti. Kaustubh is a second year BA.LLB. (Hons.) student at Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur.] Recently, a division bench of the Delhi High Court in Navigators Logistics Ltd vs Kashif Qureshi has provided relief to an appellant whose plaint application was rejected by a single judge bench back in 2018. The single judge bench had relied on Order VII Rule 11 of CPC to reject the plaint holding that there was

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Screenwriters Rights Association of India Gets Registered as a Copyright Society

/ By / Copyright

[This post has been authored by SpicyIP intern Aditi Agrawal. Aditi is a final-year B.A., LL.B (IPR Hons.) student at The ICFAI University, Dehradun.] After years of advocacy by screenwriters seeking better protection and management of their creative rights, the Screenwriters Rights Association of India (SRAI) has been finally registered as a Copyright Society (Reg. No. CS/06/2024) under Section 33(3) of the Copyright Act, 1957. This comes as the Central Government recently granted the Screenwriters Rights Association of India (SRAI)

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SpicyIP 2024 Year End Review

A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2024

/ By / Biological Diversity, Competition Law, Copyright, Geographical Indication, Innovation, Others, Patent, Plant Variety Protection, Privacy, Trade Secret, Trademark, Traditional Knowledge

[This post is authored by – Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan, Md. Sabeeh Ahmad, Aishani Chatterjee, Swaraj Barooah, and Praharsh Gour with research inputs from Aarav Gupta, Tejas Misra, Aditi Bansal, Mansi Bhatia, Yukta Chordia, Bhuwan Sarine, Shravya Pandre, Deepali Vashist, and Malavika S. Nair.] 2024 has been an explosive year for IP developments in India, with more IP divisions coming up in different High Courts, an increasing number of IP registrations and an overall higher degree of attention on IP issues in

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Delhi High Court Rulings on Celebrity Rights Galore: Examining the Rajat Sharma and Mohan Babu Orders

/ By / Trademark

[This post has been authored by SpicyIP intern Kaustubh Chakrabarti. Kaustubh is a second year BA.LLB. (Hons.) student at Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. His previous posts can be accessed here.] In recent times, the Delhi High Court has been spewing out decisions involving the Personality Rights of celebrities. We had the Anil Kapoor decision last year and similar rulings followed in 2024 dealing with the rights of Jackie Shroff, Vishnu Manchu, Arijit Singh. This post will primarily focus on

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Call for Submissions: GNLU’s Journal of Law and Technology

/ By / Copyright, Innovation, Opportunities, Patent

We are pleased to announce that Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar is inviting submissions for its Journal of Law and Technology (ISSN: 3048-9989 (Print)) on rolling basis. For further details, please read their call and the guidelines below- Call for Submissions: GNLU’s Journal of Law and Technology About the Journal Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) is the statutory university established by the Government of Gujarat under the Gujarat National Law University Act, 2003 and is the seventh National Law School

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Understanding the Powers of Regional Directors under Companies Act vis a vis Trademark Similarity

/ By / Trademark

[This post has been authored by SpicyIP intern Kaustubh Chakrabarti. Kaustubh is a second year BA.LLB. (Hons.) student at Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur.] In a decision passed on November 11, the Delhi High Court held that the Regional Director under the Companies Act has no jurisdiction to decide ownership of trademark. This was passed in a writ against an order by the Regional Director rejecting the Panchhi Petha Store’s (Petitioner) application for rectification/change in the name of Respondent No.

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Update on the Oats Wars: Delhi High Court Issues Notice to Marico After Alpino alleges Suppression of Material Facts

/ By / Trademark

[This post has been authored by SpicyIP Intern Kaustubh Chakrabarti. Kaustubh is a second year BA.LLB. (Hons.) student at Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur.] There has been a recent development in the Marico v. Alpino case (see “here” for Lokesh’s post on this). After the Delhi High Court granted an ex parte injunction to Marico, Alpino now seeks the vacation of the ex-parte ad order. It alleges that Marico has suppressed material facts from the Court and consequently the Court

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