Tag: personality rights

An order passed by the Delhi High Court in Anil Kapoor vs Simply Life and Others CS (COMM) 652/2023 granted interim relief to Mr. Anil Kapoor for protection of his name, likeness, voice, persona, manner of speaking, dialogue delivery, and other attributes of his personality against unauthorized commercial use. ......

With the development of blockchain technology, artificial intelligence and virtual digital assets, several concerns have been raised regarding the plethora of legal and ethical challenges that are likely to arise from development of these technologies, and how they will interact with the rights of individuals granted under law. ......

As former Google CEO Eric Schmidt famously said, "from the dawn of civilization to 2003, five exabytes of data were created. The same amount was created in the last two days." While Schmidt was referring to an event in 2010, with advancements in technology becoming more rapid than ever before, we are arguably living through some of the most exciting times known to humankind, with new kinds of technology shaping up to change every aspect of our lives. ......

Online fantasy sports gaming is booming in India and has in a short span become a prominent form of online gaming in the country, despite legal and regulatory challenges. Fantasy sports is predominantly a prediction game where players assemble a dream team of real sportspersons active in a variety of sports such as football, cricket, basketball, kabaddi etc. and thereafter participate in contests, competitions that mimic and convert the performance of the sportsman in real life into fantasy points. ......

India’s ace badminton player PV Sindhu created history by winning a bronze medal in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics held recently, joining the ranks of a select few who have one more than individual medal in the history of the games. ......