Italy's Giorgia Meloni applies to trademark her own voice in EU amid deepfake concerns
Polymarket · x · 2026-10-05
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni has applied to trademark her own voice in the EU as a defensive move against AI voice deepfakes. Registering a voice as a trademark is a novel legal tactic that could give public figures a new tool against voice-cloning abuse, while raising questions about how far trademark law stretches.
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