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· Section Order XXXIX Rule 1 · code-of-civil-procedure-1908
Shivaji Rao Gaikwad v. M/s Varsha Productions
A celebrity's name is an attribute of his personality in which he holds an enforceable personality right, even absent statutory recognition of such a right in India; where the celebrity would be readily and exclusively identified …
False EndorsementFilm And OTT ContentPassing OffPersonality RightsOtherTabassum Jamal Hashmi v. Ashok Kumar & Ors.
An individual's personality rights, encompassing name, image, voice, likeness and other distinctive attributes, are protectable by injunction against unauthorised commercial exploitation, and this protection extends to misuse effe…
AI And DeepfakesDynamic InjunctionIntermediary LiabilityPersonality RightsPatentsTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) v. Intex Technologies (India) Ltd.
In disputes over standard essential patents, an implementer who negotiates without genuine intent to license while continuing to exploit the patented standard is an unwilling licensee, and courts may order interim security, includ…
FRANDInterim InjunctionPatent InfringementStandard Essential PatentTrade MarksUnder Armour, Inc. v. Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail Ltd.
Although composite marks must be compared in their entirety under the anti-dissection rule, a mark may contain a dominant element that contributes disproportionately to its overall commercial impression, and such a dominant elemen…
Anti-Dissection RuleComposite MarksDeceptive SimilarityDominant MarkCopyrightUniversal City Studios LLC & Ors. v. DotMovies.Baby & Ors.
Where rogue websites persistently pirate copyrighted content and reappear under mirror or alphanumeric-variant domain names, a court may grant a dynamic injunction that extends, without a fresh suit, both to future mirror or redir…
Copyright InfringementDigital PlatformsDynamic InjunctionFilm And OTT ContentCopyrightUTV Software Communications Ltd. & Ors. v. 1337X.to & Ors.
Where a website's predominant purpose is to facilitate copyright infringement on a commercial scale, evidenced by disregard for takedown notices, anonymised registration and the volume of infringing content, courts may declare it …
Copyright InfringementDigital PlatformsDynamic InjunctionOnline Infringement