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Defending Design Patents

Patently-O

those not filed through the Hague System) are kept confidential and unpublished unless and until they issue as patents. For the period of 2011–2020, ITC determinations about validity upheld the patent 95% of the time and invalidated only 5%. By the mid-1990s, that rate was nearly 80%. But most regular design applications (i.e.,

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Anti-Piracy Outfit Rightscorp Hit With $15m Lawsuit After Sale Went Wrong

TorrentFreak

In 2013 the company went public but its accounts revealed that since at least 2011 it had being losing millions every year. Rightscorp Allegedly Entered into Acquisition Talks. For many years, Rightscorp’s very existence presented a conundrum. and its CEO and chairman, Cecil B.

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Custodians Of Financial Data And Its Protection In Indian Framework : Banking Sector

IP and Legal Filings

Chapter 5 of Code of Bank’s Commitment to Customers talks about ‘Privacy and Confidentiality’. It states that “ We will treat all your personal information as private and confidential (even when you are no longer our customer). Negligent in disclosing confidential information such as the customer’s password in ICICI Bank Ltd.

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Misc. Docket 22-160: Is your (old) appeal on this list?

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a)(1), “[a]fter five years following the end of all proceedings in this court, the court may direct the parties to show cause why confidential filings (except those protected by statute) should not be unsealed and made available to the public.” Out of the 12,225 appeals docketed between 2000 and 2011, 977 show up on this list (about 8%).

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JHL Biotech Co-Founders Sentenced to Jail for Theft of Trade Secrets

LexBlog IP

The announcement states that, among other things, Jordanov (1) hired former Genentech employees to work at JHL and tolerated the use of confidential and proprietary Genentech documents that the employees brought with them, and (2) personally used and instructed others to use confidential, proprietary, trade secret Genentech tech transfer documents (..)

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Federal Circuit Narrows AIA Grace Period: Public Disclosure Must Make Invention ‘Reasonably Available’

Patently-O

This contrasts with the current law amended by the American Invents Act of 2011 which substantially narrowed the safe harbor exceptions. An additional set of facts have to do with the confidentiality of the disclosure. It did not include any confidentiality agreement or expectation. 35 U.S.C. § Sanho now appeals.

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Exploring Intellectual Property Provisions Under the IT Act: Balancing Cyber Law and IPR Protection in India

Intepat

Section 72: Breach of Confidentiality This section penalizes unauthorized disclosure of confidential information, protecting trade secrets and sensitive business data shared online. However, they must take action to remove infringing content when notified. The IT Act supports this by addressing data theft and intermediary liability.