Month: January 2024

Nidhee Kekre moves on from WPP

Nidhee Kekre began her career at RFPL and went on to work across Godrej upstream, Effort BPO, Essar Global Shared Services, JETAIR and GroupM.

Nidhee Kekre was the lead – WPP Unilever team, South Asia.

Delhi HC rules in favour of Deepika Padukone’s 82E; allows usage of Lotus Splash mark

In an order passed on January 25, the bench of Justice C Hari Shankar highlighted that the only common feature between the plaintiff’s and defendant’s mark was the word ‘Lotus’, stated a media report. (Image source: 82E website)

The HC refused to prohibit the company from using the ‘Lotus Splash’ (face cleanser) mark, and dismissed the interim injunction plea moved by another beauty brand Lotus Herbals.

Delhi HC orders to delete WhatsApp and Telegram channels misusing Sequoia Capital trademark

The High Court directed the Domain Name Registrar (DNR) to suspend the domain names and maintain status quo when it came to ownership of the domain names which were used by people for committing fraud in the name of Sequoia. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

In September 2023, Sequoia Capital was informed that a WhatsApp group named John Analyst Group which was managed by 303 people identified themselves as Sequoia Capital Investors Advisors and Sequoia Capital BTC Trading Team.

Amitabh Bachchan raises concerns over AI face mapping in film industry

Bachchan drew attention to the concerns raised in Hollywood, where artists and writers reportedly went on strike because producers and directors claimed ownership of face mapping and the written content considered their property for unlimited use. (Image sourced via Forbes)

Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan expressed concerns about the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) face mapping in the film industry in a speech at the Symbiosis Film Festival in Pune.

Google and Facebook dominate children’s app data collection: report

The report covers close to 2500 children in the age band of 5-14 years as well as parents from NCCS A, B and C households across 14 Indian cities and offers a unique focus on children's interactions with brands, particularly within the realms of food, beverages, technology, and media consumption, with special attention given to television and digital platforms. (Image by Patricia Prudente via Unsplash)

Children’s privacy is under scrutiny as a recent study by data privacy services company Arrka exposes data collection practices within popular apps. Google and Facebook emerge as the leading recipients of collecting data.