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Medical Device Companies Settle Trade Secrets Dispute for $8,000,000

Trading Secrets

In 2017, Life Spine entered into various agreements with Aegis by which Aegis would sell and distribute ProLift devices while maintaining as confidential all proprietary information related to the devices. Litigation continued for years, with Aegis raising unsuccessful counterclaims.

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Medical Device Companies Settle Trade Secrets Dispute for $8,000,000

LexBlog IP

In 2017, Life Spine entered into various agreements with Aegis by which Aegis would sell and distribute ProLift devices while maintaining as confidential all proprietary information related to the devices. Litigation continued for years, with Aegis raising unsuccessful counterclaims.

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NPE Showcase – VirnetX

LexBlog IP

Patent trolls leverage the litigation system to negotiate settlements for less than the cost of defending against a lawsuit. Patent trolls normally prefer to keep their operations as confidential as possible, as I wrote about in connection with the District of Delaware. 3d 1369, 1383 (2017). .” How can you tell?

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TIL: “Texas Tamale” Is an Enforceable Trademark–Texas Tamale v. CPUSA2

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

” That prompted this litigation. CV H-17-1068, 2017 WL 2957912, at *8 (S.D. July 11, 2017) (holding that “the mere purchase of AdWords alone, without directing a consumer to a potentially confusing web page, is not sufficient for a claim of trademark infringement,” citing Mary Kay, 601 F. ” Uh oh. See Tempur-Pedic N.

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HIT NETFLIX CONTENT AND THE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT THAT FOLLOWS

JIPL Online

Then, the post will predict how Netflix may shift its content practices, defense strategies, and settlement tactics as a result of their past litigation successes in copyright actions. SETTLEMENT CASES. 9] Both parties reached an amicable settlement. [10] 9] Both parties reached an amicable settlement. [10]

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J&J and Pfizer Settle Remicade Biosimilar Antitrust Suit

LexBlog IP

On July 20, 2021, after nearly four years of litigation, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and Pfizer have agreed to dismiss all claims asserted in the antitrust suit brought by Pfizer in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania regarding Remicade (infliximab). According to J&J , “The U.S. competition-based model is working.

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Unpacking IDC v Lenovo (Part I): The approach on unpacking and comparing prior licence agreements

The IPKat

Mellor J, the Judge, explained that in very general terms he adopted the same approach as that of Birss J in Unwired Planet v Huawei [2017] EWHC 711 (Pat) ([42]). The Judge decided to adopt the same approach as in Unwired Planet v Huawei [2017] EWHC 711 (Pat) and in the US judgment TCL v Ericsson (C.D. 21, 2017) (Selna, J.)