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Sabinus’ ‘Something Hooge’: A Question of Privacy Right, Image Right or Intellectual Property Right?

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Title Sabinus’ ‘Something Hooge’: A Question of Privacy Right, Image Right or Intellectual Property Right?
 
Creator Fapetu, Oluwaseun Samson
Oluduro, Olubayo
 
Subject Privacy
Publicity Right
Intellectual Property Right
Celebrity Rights
Trademarks
 
Description 265-275
The paper examines the trio concepts of privacy, publicity and intellectual property rights as they interplay in determining if
there is recourse to the perceived right of a celebrity to protect what he believes to be undue exploitation of his creation by
commercial entities to the latter’s economic advantage from the spectrum of a very interesting claim by Sabinus in 2022. The
paper examines the extant positions of these three concepts of law and the relationship between them reflecting on the position
of law in foreign jurisdiction. It observes that although there are convergent points, these concepts are independent of one
another and may provide different protection for celebrities and creators to protect their creations. The paper also finds that even
though the Nigerian courts recognises the need for the protection of publicity right under common law, it fails to recognise that
the right has been available within the Nigerian legal system. The paper also finds that the current legal regime may be hostile to
creators while recognising that there is also a need to balance the regime against illegitimate and gold-digging claims. The paper
advocates for a recognition of image right to encourage protection of economic exploitation of publicity in Nigeria.
 
Date 2024-07-05T09:44:42Z
2024-07-05T09:44:42Z
2024-07
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1076 (Online); 0971-7544 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/64204
https://doi.org/10.56042/jipr.v29i4.1196
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR,India
 
Source JIPR Vol.29(4) [July 2024]