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California Court of Appeal Enforces Non-Solicitation of Customers Provision in Joint Venture Transaction Involving Key Employee

Trading Secrets

This exception allows a buyer to enforce non-compete agreements against a seller if the seller is an “owner of a business entity selling or otherwise disposing of all of his or her ownership interests in the business entity.”. The joint venture was formalized over a five-day period in April 2011. In Blue Mountain Enterprises, LLC v.

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Courts Still Have No Clue How to Determine Who Owns Social Media Accounts–JLM v. Gutman

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Gutman created a Pinterest account in 2011 and an Instagram account in 2012, shortly after she began working for JLM. However, the appellate court seems to invalidate that six-factor test: “Determining he ownership of social-media accounts is indeed a relatively novel exercise, but that novelty does not warrant a new six-factor test.”

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Introducing a zero-embargo Secondary Publication Right in Bulgaria

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Typically, in the case of scholarly publications, authors are publicly funded through payment under a standing contract with a university or research institute, or through project funding, including EU funding. Copyright in a work made for hire resides in the author of the work, unless the commission contract provides otherwise.

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shipping facilitator escapes direct (c)/TM claims; alleged hinkiness not enough for contributory liability either

43(B)log

for unlawfully manufacturing, importing, advertising, marketing, selling, and distributing unauthorized, counterfeit versions of its popular CAKE brand of hemp-derived Delta-8 products. But the distribution right does not include “the mere transportation of goods without a transfer or sale of ownership interest in the goods.”

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Trademarks And the Metaverse

IP and Legal Filings

Several large corporations have already begun developing new marketing efforts for this new digital environment after realising the enormous potential that exists here. Leading companies have entered the metaverse’s expanding virtual market and sought trademark protection in India under NICE Classification Classes 9, 35, 36, and 42.

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A Preliminary Analysis of Trump’s Copyright Lawsuit Over Interview Recordings (Trump v. Simon & Schuster) (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Third, is Trump’s claim of ownership barred by 17 U.S.C. After negotiations between them fell apart, both parties sued, each claiming exclusive ownership of the movie footage. The court held that because each of them was seeking a declaration of sole ownership, the parties could not be joint authors. 1332 ].

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Understanding the Extra-territorial Application in Cross Border Trademark Suit

IP and Legal Filings

At some point, the Plaintiffs decided to expand their business into European markets. When in 2011, the Defendant Vuillemin wanted to retire, the parties started negotiations for the Plaintiff to purchase the Defendant companies but the said negotiations faultered.