IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 27, 2022

LIBOR and its role in financial crisis of 2008. The abusive use of credit default swaps (CDS) played a major role in driving the financial crisis of 2008. Contracts based on the recent overnight reference rates will have to pay differently than contracts based on longer-term LIBOR rates. Force Majeure. Frustration.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

33/2008, governs the relationship between landlords and tenants in the Emirate of Dubai. 33/2008, establish a clear legal framework governing eviction in Dubai. 33/2008, establish a clear legal framework governing eviction in Dubai. 33/2008 Amending Dubai Law No. Dubai Law No. 26/2007, as amended by Dubai Law No.

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Olartemoure Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Commercial agency contracts’ regulation in Colombia remains a challenge for both attorneys and clients. 11001-31-03-019-2008-00247-01 Bogota D. Such broad definition traditionally implies that almost every commercial relationship will end in a Commercial Agency litigation if not properly limited by the parties from its beginning.

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Trading Secrets

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Specifically, the new law, signed by Governor Newsom on September 1st, provides that any contract that is void under California law is unenforceable regardless of where and when the employee signed the contract. Arthur Andersen LLP (2008) 44 Cal.4th Arthur Andersen LLP (2008) 44 Cal.4th

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SpicyIP

JUNE 28, 2023

and Saranya Ravindran This June 28 th marks the thirteenth anniversary of the tabling of the Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on The Protection and Utilisation of Public Funded Intellectual Property Bill, 2008 (PUPFIP) – a legislation introduced by the UPA government on the recommendations of the National Knowledge Commission.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Specifically, the new law, signed by Governor Newsom on September 1st, provides that any contract that is void under California law is unenforceable regardless of where and when the employee signed the contract. Arthur Andersen LLP (2008) 44 Cal.4th Arthur Andersen LLP (2008) 44 Cal.4th

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 30, 2023

Most contracts will have a dispute resolution clause at the end, stating arbitration as the primary method of resolving any dispute between the parties. Arbitration is ideal for commercial matters, since it allows the parties to focus on restoring the terms of the contract, as opposed to exercising their legal rights against each other.

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Olartemoure Blog

AUGUST 20, 2024

This type of company has existed in Colombia since 2008 and is characterized by a quick and simple incorporation process, as well as the possibility of being formed by just one shareholder. SIMPLIFIED JOINT STOCK COMPANIES (S.A.S.)

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

SB 699 It has long been a fundamental tenet of California law that “every contract by which anyone is restrained from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business of any kind is to that extent void.” Arthur Andersen LLP (2008) 44 Cal.4th The two new laws are detailed below. Codified as Section 16600.5, Section 16600.5

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IPilogue

JUNE 14, 2022

Over the next year, Swift released re-recorded versions of both her Fearless (2008) and Red (2012) albums, receiving widespread commercial and critical success. Look What You Made Me Do. At the heart of Taylor’s decision was an often overlooked but significant legal distinction in the copyright law governing the music industry.

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The IPKat

MARCH 22, 2024

To preclude Taylor prematurely re-recording, which would devalue the copyrights assigned to the label, the contract contained a “re-recording restriction” clause, having effect for a certain period of time. After its expiration she was free to produce new recordings from her music and distribute them as she wished.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The Amendment makes betting, wagering, and gambling, in whatever form or manner, with money, a crime, whether the contract involves a game of skill or chance. Sikkim Online Gaming Act, 2008 was amended in 2018, making it mandatory for each player’s identity to be verified by a photograph. But cash stakes are not forbidden in games.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

MySpace case from 2008 and its progeny (assuming the Doe case is still good law in the Fifth Circuit, which isn’t guaranteed ). Thus, the Terms of Use Agreement is a proper clickwrap contract, and the undisputed facts establish that Lindsey Partridge assented to its terms Case Citation : In re Chaves, 2024 U.S. LEXIS 23688 (S.D.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 26, 2021

Introduced in 2008, the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 regulates the LLP, wherein a minimum of two partners are required to incorporate an LLP, with no upper limit on the maximum number of partners of an LLP. However, the liability of the partners is limited to their agreed contribution in the LLP.

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Patently-O

MAY 22, 2024

The majority opinion written by Judge Taranto and joined by Judge Dyk held the contract language was ambiguous on this point and remanded for further factual development to determine the parties’ intent. Here, this California based contract is governed by California law of contracts. Judge Mayer dissented. 4th 445 (1998).

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LexBlog IP

MAY 3, 2022

Any provision in a contract between an employer and an employee in conflict with the provisions of this section shall be void and unenforceable.” It is in writing; part of a contract of employment; based on reasonable consideration; reasonable in duration and geographical limitations; and not against public policy. ” State.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 25, 2023

v] The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970: The Act’s goal is to control the working conditions of contract labourers in factories and industries. v] The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970. [vi] The gratuity payment must be made within 30 days of the employee’s last day of work. [v]

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The IPKat

MAY 9, 2023

In 2008, the parties concluded a contract, which included the following clauses [translation by this Kat]: § 4 Protection of the work and of the author […] 4.3 The client owns the copyright to the image of the building, which is the object of this contract. (2) Statutory copyright protection remains unaffected. […] § 13.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

MAY 5, 2021

Now imagine that the reason for your silent drive to work is a few sentences in a contract that prevent these on-air personalities from returning to the airwaves for a year.”. In New York, where the Broadcast Employee’s Freedom to Work Act was passed in 2008, there was a 37% increase in film and television employees from 2008 to 2017.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 22, 2021

6:08-cv-42-Orl-19GJK, 2008 WL 2704404 at *24 (M.D. July 8, 2008). Certain claims sounding in contract or tort may be beyond the reach of Section 230(c)(2)’s protection from suit. This opinion tacks on more ideas: false advertising, deceptive trade practices, tortious interference, and “claims sounding in contract or tort.”

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Patently-O

JANUARY 19, 2024

The decision is lacking though because the court does not ground its decision in any particular contract or property tradition. Although it did not state directly, the court appears to have based its contract interpretation on federal patent law as it has done in prior cases. MLB Advanced Media, L.P., 3d 1284 (Fed.

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IP Tech Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Publishing unsubstantiated claims will also land advertisers in trouble with respect to the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, which are enforced by the Competition and Markets Authority and local trading standards. Penalties for breach ultimately include fines and imprisonment.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

million workers will be engaged in the gig economy” [6] , but this report also shows how the gig economy has become struggling from poor safety conditions, lack of minimum wages, absence of employment benefits, and unfair contracts.” As mentioned earlier, “the think tank report estimates that by 2029 nearly 23.5 Uber India Systems Pvt.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Publishing unsubstantiated claims will also land advertisers in trouble with respect to the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, which are enforced by the Competition and Markets Authority and local trading standards. Penalties for breach ultimately include fines and imprisonment.

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The IPKat

JUNE 16, 2024

In 2008, Druet also realized a sculpture, titled Le Coucou , portraying Cattelan as “innocently dumb” : the work was meant to denounce conceptual artists “exploiting” those responsible for the making of “their” works. Over time, the relationship between Druet and Cattelan deteriorated (to put it mildly), until it ceased.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

eBay case from 2008. ” This is a highly defense-favorable reading of the contract provision. .” Interestingly, the interplay between a “safety” representation and Section 230 has a venerable history (unfortunately uncited), dating back to the Mazur v. Implications.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 17, 2023

There was no written contract of employment. The first defendant was then suspended pending investigation, with the letter notifying him that he should stay away from work and comply with his duties under his contract of employment (being implied duties as there being no written employment contract).

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 5, 2023

Since a license is like any other contract, the licensor can add any number of conditions to the agreement, right? It is an arrangement that gives a licensee the right to use the licensor’s mark in some manner for some amount of time, with the licensor exercising quality control over the goods offered and services rendered under the mark.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 6, 2023

Since a license is like any other contract, the licensor can add any number of conditions to the agreement, right? It is an arrangement that gives a licensee the right to use the licensor’s mark in some manner for some amount of time, with the licensor exercising quality control over the goods offered and services rendered under the mark.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2023

Part 1 discusses changes to copyright contract law and the new text and data mining exemption provisions. Changes to copyright contract law (Sections 32 et seqq. In order to implement the copyright contract rules of Articles 18 et seqq. of the DSMD, German copyright contract law, as set down in Sections 32 et seqq.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Smart contracts automatically execute IP-related agreements, such as licensing or distribution deals, ensuring compliance without the need for manual intervention. De Beers uses blockchain technology to track diamonds from mines to consumers. In Dharampal Satyapal Limited Vs. As held in Basant Kumar Makhija and Ors [11].

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 6, 2023

Since a license is like any other contract, the licensor can add any number of conditions to the agreement, right? Not necessarily. This could inadvertently create a franchise and subject you to civil and criminal penalties. Rodopoulos v. Sam Piki Enterprises, Inc. , 2d 661 (Ala. 1990); KC Leisure, Inc. Haber , 972 So.2d 2d 1069, 1074 (Fla.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 19, 2024

Authors are free to sign the publishing contract with the academic publisher who has already been notified that they cannot get an exclusive license in the works that they would like to publish, in the usual way. University of Edinburgh was the first UK university to implement RRS as a university policy since 2022.

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IPilogue

JULY 9, 2021

Many contracts assigning IP have detailed provisions dealing with the incidents of the assignment. Other contracts are brief, but all are written against the background of default rules such as those on estoppel. v Adkins 395 US 693 (1969), would carry over to patent assignments. . For example, in the U.K. , 7] Minerva, ibid at 15. [8]

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Well, that would have been joyful news to me about the middle of December, when I gladly took the first offer that came, and made a contract. What Contract? In a pique of Larson-style gaslighting, Twain thereafter pleaded ignorance of any contract with House. 623 (2007-2008) ; James L. Copyright Soc’y U.S.A.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

According to Cariou, Prince’s 2008 series Canal Zone took images from a collection of photographs by Cariou and used them with only slight modifications. Also in 2009, photographer Patrick Cariou filed a lawsuit against “appropriation artist” Richard Prince over the alleged infringement of dozens of his images.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 5, 2021

294(a), which states that arbitration provisions relating to patent validity “shall be valid, irrevocable, and enforceable, except for any grounds that exist at law or in equity for revocation of a contract.” convince the court that the writ is appropriate under the circumstances. She holds up two Supreme Court cases, EEOC v.

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