JIPL Online

MARCH 21, 2022

While the option of moving in-person proceedings to a virtual format can be even more convenient to the conventional model, this “new normal” poses a new threat to privacy. [4] This blog proposes public policy arguments and concrete solutions to the laissez-faire approach to privacy in criminal court proceedings.

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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. text: ‘Privacy’, }. }. }); }); Application. The law will apply to non-compete and non-solicit covenants. __ATA.initDynamicSlot({. reportAd: {.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Real data is hard to come by and expensive to label; using synthetic data instead is not only cheaper but also promises to sidestep the thorny issues of privacy and copyright infringement (see Lee 2024 ). Even synthetic data that comes with privacy guarantees is necessarily a distorted version of the real data.

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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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The IPKat

JANUARY 16, 2022

A Kat being extra careful while Mercury is retrograde Copyright SpicyIP analysed a recent decision from the Bombay High Court, in which it was decided that ideas cannot be copyrighted but can be protected through the application of confidentiality law. Jamaica is the 110th Member State to join the Madrid Protocol.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 13, 2021

The Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District in California was recently faced with these issues in a case involving claims that one neighbor’s use of surveillance cameras violated the other neighbor’s right to privacy. decided July 1, 2021). The Court began with the common law invasion of privacy claim.

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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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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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43(B)log

MARCH 21, 2023

He has written and spoken widely on copyright, privacy and other areas of technology law. In 2021, Professor Lerner authored the landmark Rap on Trial Legal Guide, the first-ever treatise on the use of rap lyrics in criminal trials (with Kubrin et al.). In 2015, he authored The Duty of Confidentiality in the Surveillance Age, 17 J.

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43(B)log

MARCH 15, 2023

He has written and spoken widely on copyright, privacy and other areas of technology law. In 2021, Professor Lerner authored the landmark Rap on Trial Legal Guide, the first-ever treatise on the use of rap lyrics in criminal trials (with Kubrin et al.). In 2015, he authored The Duty of Confidentiality in the Surveillance Age, 17 J.

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The IPKat

JULY 13, 2021

In early June, the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law ’s Center for Intellectual Property, Information, and Privacy Law organized and hosted its 12th Annual Ethics in the Practice of IP Law virtual seminar. Gene shared two anecdotes concerning the need to keep OED aware of a change of address.

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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

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

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. A judge in the Northern District of Texas recently declined to dismiss a lawsuit, CiCi Enterprises LP et al. Mucho Pizza, LLC et al.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 10, 2021

The group emails were monitored by the employer’s security, privacy, and practices teams, so other employees also may have seen the email. July 29, 2021). The case is Doe v. Lane Fertility Institute for Education and Research, Inc. CIV 2002299 (Marin County, CA), on appeal , No. A162094 (1 st App.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

21, 2021, the Department of Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), updated its published guidance regarding sanctions risks associated with making ransomware payments and its official policy on such payments. The updated 2021 guidance retains directives of the 2020 guidance, including coordination with law enforcement.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

ABL alleged that Zolezzi misappropriated more than 90 confidential and proprietary files. Diomics moved for dismissal, but on September 7, 2021, the Court denied the motion as it related to the trade secret misappropriation claims. The relationship ended unsuccessfully in 2018. The case is Applied Biological Laboratories, Inc.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 23, 2022

The Eastern District of New York recently highlighted the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of trade secrets where the underlying trade secrets are readily apparent to anyone interacting with the holder’s product. 19CV6793EKRML, 2021 WL 535217, at *1 (E.D.N.Y. 12, 2021), aff’d , No. CargoSprint, LLC , No.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

With the abolishment of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board in 2021, cases previously filed with or pending before the IPAB have been transferred to the High Courts. Practitioners have long wished for a separate IP division in High Courts. It then became imperative to establish a separate IP division in the High Courts.

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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. In Whiteslate, LLP v. Dahlin (S.D. ” Id.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

On October 29, 2021, the District of Delaware allowed Park Lawn Corporation to continue with its trade secret claims against fellow cemetery management competitor, PlotBox, Inc., PlotBox says they had no awareness of a confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement, or that the information provided to them was a trade secret.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 30, 2021

9, 2021), 2021 WL 3482921. The district court answered no, finding that third parties could learn this information only through unfettered access to the device and specialized measuring equipment, and that Life Spine does not allow third parties such access unless they first sign confidentiality agreements. 4th —- (Aug.

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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. 46/2021 and Federal Law No. Federal Decree-Law No.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 15, 2023

5/2021 On Dubai International Financial Centre: Dubai Law No. Strengthened Data Protection and Privacy: The law aligns data protection and privacy regulations with international standards, ensuring the secure handling of sensitive information. Dubai Law No.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 27, 2022

2021), the 3rd Circuit cautioned that “[i]njunction orders should not restrain competitors from engaging in lawful business activities” and that “[i]t would take a truly extraordinary showing. Quoting its decision in Mallet & Co. Lacayo , 16 F.4th 4th 364 (3d Cir.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Although the case was included in the Supreme Court’s conference schedule on September 27 and October 8, 2021, following those conferences, the Supreme Court has asked the U.S. . (“Tata”) trade secret case concerning damages, and most recently reported by us on September 17, 2020, may continue before the U.S. Supreme Court.

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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. California Consumer Privacy Act : The CCPA provides a private right of action for actual or statutory damages to “[a]ny consumer whose nonencrypted and nonredacted personal information. In re Blackbaud, Inc.,

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MARCH 11, 2021

Notably, in early 2021, district courts across the country responded to “recent disclosures of wide-spread breaches of both private sector and government computer systems” by “immediately adding new security procedures to protect highly sensitive documents filed with the courts.” [3] United Indus., 5:14-CV-5147, 2015 WL 11121362, at *3 (W.D.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

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] 20-1552, 2021 U.S. 26, 2021). LEXIS 25942 (6th Cir.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

introduced the “Stopping and Excluding Chinese Rip-offs and Exports with United States Trade Secrets Act of 2021,” also known as the “SECRETS Act of 2021.” Senators John Cornyn (R-Tex.), Christopher Coons (D-Del.), and Todd Young (R-Ind.)

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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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LexBlog IP

JULY 15, 2021

On June 16, and then on July 6, 2021, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law a pair of bills that together address privacy and cybersecurity in the state. Both laws take effect October 1, 2021. Public Act 21-59. Personal Information.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

After discovering that some of those newly hired engineers had downloaded Wisk confidential documents before their departure to Archer, Wisk brought claims in the District Court for the Northern District of California under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”), 18 U.S.C. § 3:21-CV-02450-WHO, 2021 WL 4073760 (N.D.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 13, 2021

2021) arose in the context of the “ferociously competitive market for baking supplies,” particularly “release agents” used in industrial baking to ensure that baked goods easily release from baking pans. The dispute in Mallet & Co. Lacayo , 16 F.4th 4th 364 (3d Cir.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 13, 2022

2021) (citation omitted). Defendants argued that TransPerfect “pursued this case without any factual support for the. allegations made in its complaint” and wanted to damage its competitor, one of the defendants. ” Id. at **6-7. § 1836(b)(3)(D). [2] 2] Kerin v. Postal Serv. , 3d 185, 190 (2d Cir. Verint Sys.,

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LexBlog IP

MAY 3, 2022

In September 2021, CDI entered into a software and services agreement with Defendants, and subsequently notified Dairy that it was terminating its software subscriptions. . (“CDI”) began using Dairy’s producer payroll application.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 3, 2022

9:20-cv-81501-Matthewman, 2021 U.S. Similarly, with respect to Medterra, the district court noted that HRMG “cannot establish that Medterra used, acquired, or disclosed any of HRMG’s confidential information.” Healthcare Res. Econatura All Healthy World, LLC , No. LEXIS 206871 (S.D. ” Id.

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