LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Throughout 2021, our dedicated Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes Practice Group hosted a series of CLE webinars that addressed significant trade secret and restrictive covenant issues facing clients today. Overview of Non-Compete Legislation and Enforcement Issues from 2021.

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 23, 2023

Therefore, when a company needs to share its highly-guarded trade secrets with a subcontractor in order to complete a project together, most companies understandably require the subcontractor to enter into a confidentiality agreement that includes a non-disclosure provision. The benefits of including a liquidated damages provision is obvious.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 17, 2021

In legal terms, those rights are intellectual property (IP) rights such as copyright, patents, and trademarks, confidentiality obligations, and contract rights. The principal areas of law discussed were copyright and contracts.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The law does not apply to contracts covering confidential and proprietary information, protection of trade secrets, or inventions assignment agreements. Contract lawyers know that to be enforceable a promise must be supported by consideration. One-size-fits-all contracts always need fine-tuning. Application.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

American actress Scarlett Johansson, known for playing the Black Widow in Disney & Marvel’s The Avengers franchise, took action against Disney on July 30, 2021 for an alleged breach of contract involving the recent Black Widow film’s distribution. In contract law, ambiguity is addressed in several ways.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 28, 2021

III, 22/09/2021), which highlights the strategic use of trade secrets in connection with public tenders. Based on this, the request for access to the documentation was denied by the contracting authority. Kat friend Gabriele Girardello once again reports on trade secrets, this time on an Italian case, Administrative Court of Latium (n.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 23, 2023

Therefore, when a company needs to share its highly-guarded trade secrets with a subcontractor in order to complete a project together, most companies understandably require the subcontractor to enter into a confidentiality agreement that includes a non-disclosure provision. The benefits of including a liquidated damages provision is obvious.

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azrights

APRIL 22, 2021

World IP Day 2021 shines a light on the critical role of SMEs in the economy and how they can use IP rights to build stronger, more competitive, and resilient businesses. The video is particularly apt for World IP day 2021 centring as it does on IP and SMEs, which is this year’s World IP day focus. The Azrights animation video.

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McBayer IP Blog

JUNE 14, 2021

Posted In Intellectual Property , Trade Secrets In an unlikely 6-3 decision where Justices Barrett, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh joined the three so-called “liberal justices,” the United States Supreme Court held on June 3, 2021, that a police officer did not violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 18 U.S.C. United States.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 27, 2021

They also sought execution of a confidential settlement sum previously agreed with Tusa, a permanent injunction, interest, and attorney’s fees in excess of $330,000. In February 2021, ACE/MPA investigators found that Tusa was running Altered Carbon, despite having taken a number of steps to hide his involvement.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 1, 2022

alleging a pizza franchisee failed to maintain the confidentiality of Texas pizza chain CiCi Enterprises LP’s trade secrets after two affiliates inked a development deal with competitor, Papa John’s. 4] In addition to its federal and state trade secrets claims, CiCi Enterprises alleged a breach of contract.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

JUNE 28, 2022

1030 and committed Breach of Contract. By the end of her employment, Boutell occupied a key executive role wherein she had access to virtually all of Peoplelink’s confidential, proprietary, and trade secret information. Peoplelink eliminated Boutell’s position in November of 2021 due to budgetary reasons.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 21, 2022

12, 2021), aff’d , No. Among other statutory requirements, the DTSA requires that the purported trade secret owner establish that it “t[ook] reasonable measures to keep such information secret.” ” 18 U.S.C. § § 1839(3)(b). ” Turret Labs USA, Inc. CargoSprint, LLC , No. 19-cv-793EKRML at 4 (E.D.N.Y.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 26, 2023

46/2021 Electronic Transactions and Trust Services. 46/2021: Enhancing Trust and Facilitating Electronic Transactions Federal Decree-Law No. 46/2021 focuses on promoting electronic transactions, investment, and the provision of electronic services to the public. These contracts are legally valid and enforceable.

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Trading Secrets

MARCH 22, 2022

Included within the JLM contract were certain restrictive covenants, including a non-competition agreement, as well as various intellectual property assignment provisions. While the contract was originally to run through 2016, the parties extended the agreement through August 1, 2022. 2021 WL 827749, at *6. JLM Couture, Inc.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 17, 2022

When entering into contracts, parties commonly include forum selection clauses to govern future litigation between the parties. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has generally recognized that parties can bargain away these rights, including through forum selection clauses in contracts.

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The IPKat

MAY 12, 2023

When one hears the claims of copyright infringement, confidential information and employment claims one can readily assume that this is an employer/ex-employee dispute. US proceedings were filed by PQ against CyberMetrics in October 2017, Mr Aughton was deposed in October 2021 and the proceedings then settled on confidential terms.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 11, 2021

Invariably, businesses identify this type of information as proprietary and trade secret in their employee confidentiality agreements and handbooks and subject them to duties of confidentiality. July 7, 2021) No. ” Whiteslate, LLP , 2021 WL 2826088, at *6. .” ” Whiteslate, LLP , 2021 WL 2826088, at *6.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 9, 2022

For many trade-secret litigants and their counsel, the solution lies in simply drafting and agreeing to a protective order governing the treatment of any ‘confidential’ material. Among other things, the APO authorized the sealing—in perpetuity—of any documents the parties marked confidential in discovery.

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Trading Secrets

APRIL 18, 2023

Although ChatGPT does not currently train on user data (its last training session was in 2021), its data policy for non-API access says it may use submitted data to improve its AI models. However, the data was shared without confidentiality obligations and might be used for future training, so it could be considered public.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 18, 2023

Although ChatGPT does not currently train on user data (its last training session was in 2021), its data policy for non-API access says it may use submitted data to improve its AI models. However, the data was shared without confidentiality obligations and might be used for future training, so it could be considered public.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Samsung Electronics Co. , [2021-1638] (October 7, 2021) the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court denial of Samsung’s motion for a preliminary injunction compelling Samsung to seek dismissal of Samsung’s petitions for Inter Partes Review at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board). In Kannuu Pty Ltd.

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Trading Secrets

JUNE 3, 2022

2021), the Third Circuit addressed the pleading requirements to assert a claim under Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”). 4:19-CV-00402, 2021 U.S. Tex August 4, 2021)(injunction prohibiting use or disclosure of trade secrets does not break causation regarding defendant’s continuing benefit from the misappropriation). Karya Prop.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

OCTOBER 5, 2022

An Employment Agreement that protected 3CHI’s Confidential Information and Trade Secrets was signed by the Defendant on March 7 th , 2021. During her employment, Journay was promoted to Marketing Manager.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 18, 2023

Although ChatGPT does not currently train on user data (its last training session was in 2021), its data policy for non-API access says it may use submitted data to improve its AI models. However, the data was shared without confidentiality obligations and might be used for future training, so it could be considered public.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 11, 2023

Since 2021 the Indian public has been made aware of the existence of several public-private arrangements related to the development and procurement of Covid 19 vaccines. The government has also argued that since the contracts are on-going they should not be made to disclose them.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 27, 2022

In Matthews , the plaintiff, a manufacturer, designer, installer, and servicer of cremation equipment, asserted “claims of trade secret misappropriation [under both federal and state law] and breach of contract against several of its former employees and two of the entities where they are now employed.” Lacayo , 16 F.4th

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 31, 2024

Other aspects of privacy include the right to one’s own body, individual autonomy, protection from state surveillance, informational self-determination, dignity, confidentiality, and the freedom to move, think, and dissent. Conversations on the telephone are often of an intimate and confidential character. 2021 Neha v.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

. “The lawsuit alleges Rightscorp and Kyte lured [American Films] into a transaction to acquire Rightscorp, and then Rightscorp and Kyte used confidential information from the deal to reap a profit,” the company’s announcement reads.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 17, 2022

When entering into contracts, parties commonly include forum selection clauses to govern future litigation between the parties. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has generally recognized that parties can bargain away these rights, including through forum selection clauses in contracts.

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IPilogue

JULY 9, 2021

594 US (2021). Many contracts assigning IP have detailed provisions dealing with the incidents of the assignment. 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.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

. “With regard to the infringing content illegally stored on the sites, we asked Cloudflare to stop the temporary reproduction (cache) on the company’s servers in Japan [and] terminate their contracts with pirate sites that are clearly illegal,” the companies say.

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Trading Secrets

JUNE 24, 2021

In the fourth installment of our 2021 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, Seyfarth attorneys Jesse Coleman, Matt Simmons, and Kevin Green outlined recent legal developments in Texas trade secret and non-compete law and how it is similar to and diverse from other jurisdictions. Vast majority of cases involve misappropriation by electronic means.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

then sued NQA for breach of contract and trade secret misappropriation. On the other hand, trade secret owners should ensure that customers are contractually bound to keep the trade secret confidential, and be prepared to give access to their source code language in the event it breaches an escrow agreement covering the same. [1]

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LexBlog IP

JULY 7, 2021

The Article 28 SCCs came into force on 27 June 2021. Companies may therefore continue to negotiate their own individual contracts addressing the compulsory elements of Article 28(3) and (4) of the GDPR. Unlike the SCCs for international data transfers, it will not be mandatory to use the Article 28 SCCs. Background.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

3, 2021), the plaintiff AmeriGas, a provider of propane services to businesses, sued its former account manager, defendant Sanchez, and his new employer, defendant Blossman Gas, a direct competitor. AmeriGas filed suit asserting breach of contract claims against Sanchez and tortious interference claims against Sanchez and Blossman Gas.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

This didn’t stop Bungie from accessing Mr. May’s computer on several occasions between 2019 and 2021, as evidence gathered through discovery suggests. It claims that the game company willingly accessed confidential and private files with the intent to defraud. Hacking Allegations.

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