SpicyIP

JULY 5, 2021

In Rajeev Kumar vs Jamia Millia Islamia (12th April 2021), an extremely interesting tussle was seen with the copyright over a thesis being pitted against a person’s right to obtain information under the Right to Information Act, 2005. Degrees) Regulations, 2016 which mandates the submission of an electronic copy of the Ph. Lokesh Vyas.

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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. I recently had the honor of discussing the question of what legal rights exist in data at the Environmental Defense Fund ‘s monthly Lunch & Learn.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

This older copy is the one presented by Bungie as evidence. 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.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 1, 2022

million was transferred from accounts in violation of the court’s asset freeze but after showing a copy of a contempt motion to the defendants’ council, the defendants plus Beaman engaged in settlement discussions. DISH claims that $3.4 DISH Obtains Evidence From Jailhouse Phone Recordings.

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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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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Bungie previously won several lawsuits against cheaters, either by default or through confidential settlements, but AimJunkies assigns little value to these achievements. AimJunkies stresses that, after Bungie sent a cease and desist letter in 2021, it removed the contested software from its platform.

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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. He has challenged the blanket refusal by the government before the Delhi High Court. He is represented by lawyers Swathi Sukumar and Sai Vinod also former SpicyIP bloggers.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Lenz case got a lot of press, but it ended with a confidential settlement. This is the initial copying design (without of the background graphics in the precedent work): The copyright registrant alleged this copying design constituted copyright infringement. 2021 WL 5893161 (S.D. Day to Day Imports, Inc.

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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”). The district court reasoned that plaintiff needed to demonstrate that the corporate defendant copied plaintiff’s project in order to satisfy the “use” requirement under the DTSA. 4:19-CV-00402, 2021 U.S.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 11, 2024

ANCINE’s Special Agreement With the MPA In April 2021, ANCINE announced it had signed “technical cooperation agreements to intensify the fight against piracy of audiovisual content.” The agreement was considered confidential and that ran counter to a requirement for transparency. Some issues did remain, however.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 20, 2023

The plaintiff alleged that the defendant, who is in the same business as the plaintiff of providing market research, was copying substantial parts of its reports and was thus infringing its copyrights and trade secrets. Delhi High Court forms a confidentiality club to facilitate access to commercially sensitive documents.

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Trading Secrets

JULY 25, 2022

The anti-moonlighting language in the original Bill appeared to be clarified by the DC Council in the summer of 2021, but the final language of the Act and its effective date were still to be determined, owing in large part to the requirement for Congressional approval of bills passed by the DC legislature.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

2021 WL 1534988, No. Significantly, even intentional copying of a plaintiff’s trademark does not, standing alone, state a misrepresentation claim.” Tapestry, Inc. Chunma USA, Inc., 20-CV-0271 (JMF) (S.D.N.Y.

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Intepat

MAY 24, 2024

Trade secrets, while cheaper and without time limits, must be kept confidential. The Economic Survey 2021-22 reports that patent applications typically remain pending for an average of 42 months before a decision is made in India. Organizations must carefully consider to consider these options when protecting their inventions.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

1648 (2021). LinkedIn sent a C&D letter, asking HiQ to stop accessing and copying the data based on the User Agreement. Some circuits have held that a violation of policies and contracts such as terms of use and confidentiality agreements is enough to establish liability under the CFAA, while others tend to interpret it narrowly.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 11, 2023

Third, there are potential confidentiality issues to consider. Allowing a third party such as OpenAI to have access to otherwise protected information without a confidentiality agreement in place could constitute a “public disclosure” and risk the loss of protection for the disclosed information. [5]

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43(B)log

AUGUST 17, 2021

2972, 2021 WL 3568394 (D.S.C. 12, 2021) Query whether this kind of case will come out differently as TransUnion v. In early 2020, “cybercriminals orchestrated a two-part ransomware attack on Blackbaud’s systems,” copying plaintiffs’ data and holding it for ransom. In re Blackbaud, Inc., Customer Data Breach Litig.,

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JIPL Online

MARCH 21, 2022

The recording, publishing, broadcasting or other copying or transmission of courtroom proceedings by video, audio, still photography or any other means is strictly prohibited by Illinois Supreme Court Rule 63(A)(8) and is subject to the penalties for contempt of court. 1, 2021), [link]. [2] 13, 2021), [link]. [3] at 28 (2021).

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 5, 2021

This point was made by the Court of Appeal at [94]-[96] of their recent judgment in Thaler v Comptroller [2021] EWCA Civ 1374 which IPKat friend friend, Brussels-based trainee patent attorney, Henry Yang , breaks down and cuts through the noise for our readers. Two sections of the 1977 Act are key in this case ([9]). 7(2)(b) ([124]).

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Trading Secrets

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Instead, the statute provided that anyone who “embezzles, steals or unlawfully takes, carries away, conceals, or copies, or by fraud or by deception obtains” a trade secret “with intent to convert to his own use,” regardless of the value of the trade secret, is liable for the resulting damages. For example, a 2021 case, Sensitech Inc.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 7, 2021

The Article 28 SCCs came into force on 27 June 2021. Annex III requires the processor to specify the security measures it has in place, such as pseudonymisation and encryption measures, ongoing confidentiality; user identification and authorisation measures; data storage protections, physical security, events logging, and so forth.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

” Instead, the statute provided that anyone who “embezzles, steals or unlawfully takes, carries away, conceals, or copies, or by fraud or by deception obtains” a trade secret “with intent to convert to his own use,” regardless of the value of the trade secret, is liable for the resulting damages. 4] 357 Mass.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

January 2021. In particular, under the new amendments, reference product sponsors (RPSs) are required to provide FDA with copies of any patent lists, along with patent expiration dates, within 30 days of when they were first provided to biosimilar applicants as part of the patent dance (pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § Commercial Launch Date.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 27, 2023

It has limited knowledge of world and events after 2021 and may also occasionally produce harmful instructions or biased content.” 2021-2347 (Fed. Without a confidentiality agreement in place, such disclosure would likely be considered to be public. In August 2022, the U.S. Patent law requires at least one human inventor.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 11, 2023

This first post starts with the aftermath of the 2021 consultation on online harms, which was designed to provide the foundation for the bill. The consultation was launched by then-Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault in the summer, running for much of the 2021 election campaign ( my submission here ).

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 8, 2021

Authors willing to contribute to the journal are required to send in extended abstracts by 31st August, 2021 on the acceptance of which, full papers shall be submitted by 30th November, 2021. For further details, please read the post. Other Developments. Decisions from Indian Courts. Delhi High Court in Sulphur Mills Limited v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Yes, it’s 2021. There’s also a copyright claim for Luxy copying the plaintiff’s TOS/privacy policy. So yes, here we are in 2021, fighting over whether keyword metatags could be both trademark infringement and counterfeiting. Luxy Limited , 2021 WL 4134839 (C.D. July 13, 2021). Check your calendar.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Confidential Targets. This information remains confidential to prevent the targeted operators from taking circumvention measures, such as moving to new streaming servers or changing IP addresses. — A copy of the FIFA World Cup blocking order, issued by Federal Court Judge Richard Mosley is available here (pdf).

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Trading Secrets

JULY 11, 2023

Specifically, Teligistics alleged a former Liquid Networx employee obtained a copy of Teligistic’s internal Request for Proposal (“RFP”) in order to “tweak” Liquid Networx’s internal RFP, rather than spending time and resources developing their own RFP. See Providence Title Co. Truly Title, Inc., Supp 3d 585, 609 (E.D.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 11, 2023

Specifically, Teligistics alleged a former Liquid Networx employee obtained a copy of Teligistic’s internal Request for Proposal (“RFP”) in order to “tweak” Liquid Networx’s internal RFP, rather than spending time and resources developing their own RFP. See Providence Title Co. Truly Title, Inc.,

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

In addition, blocking windows were limited to the broadcasts of the games and the order only applied to the 2021/2022 season, which was already in its final stages when the court order was issued. The game windows and server IP addresses are confidential but likely cover several of the most popular IPTV streaming services in Canada.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

There are few e-commerce companies which explicitly make copies of brands such as Firstcopyclub, ShoesKartel etc. Challenges in IPR Regulation in e-commerce As per a survey, around 38% online buyers experienced counterfeit products and 1/3 rd people have gotten copied products. AHUJA, LAW RELATING TO IPR (LexisNexis Publication 2017).

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

This past Monday, Osgoode’s very own Professor David Vaver delivered the 2021 Brace lecture on “User Rights: Fair Use and Beyond” as the series’ very first international speaker from outside the United States. For fifty years, the Copyright Society of the USA (CSUSA) has invited numerous esteemed figures to present the annual Donald C.

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 29, 2022

This year’s series included: 2021 Trade Secrets & Non-Competes Year in Review. Protecting Confidential Information and Client Relationships in the Financial Services Industry. 2021 Trade Secrets & Non-Competes Year in Review. Protecting Trade Secrets and Enforcing Restrictive Covenants Internationally.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Delhi High Court extends the deadline to submit comments on Delhi High Court Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules, 2021. Praharsh reported that the Delhi High Court Registry announced an extension for submitting suggestions and comments on the proposed Delhi High Court Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules, 2021.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

The plaintiff alleged that the defendant’s use of “Café Social” for its restaurant in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh infringes its trademark as it copied the “Social” word mark and the plaintiff’s distinctive artwork representing its trademark. The plaintiff’s counsel filed an affidavit regarding costs and damages, claiming Rs.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 29, 2022

This year’s series included: 2021 Trade Secrets & Non-Competes Year in Review. Protecting Confidential Information and Client Relationships in the Financial Services Industry. 2021 Trade Secrets & Non-Competes Year in Review. Protecting Trade Secrets and Enforcing Restrictive Covenants Internationally.

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