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Tier I, Tier II, Time for Experts; The Curious Case of Scientific Advisers, Party Expert and Two Tiered Confidentiality Club 

SpicyIP

This case is crucial to understand not only the novel concept of Confidentiality Clubs in the Indian IP Litigation but also the issues with regard to the composition of such clubs and the accessibility of the members to confidential information vis-a-vis independently appointed Scientific Advisor.

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Federal Circuit Concluded that Operating Manuals Subject to Confidentiality Restrictions are Prior Art Printed Publication

Intellectual Property Law Blog

2022-1751, 2022-1813 (Fed. 102(b) because of the confidentiality restrictions associated with the operating manuals. In Weber, Inc. Provisur Techs., 2009), the Board concluded in the IPRs that the operating manuals were not sufficiently publicly accessible to qualify as printed publications under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. §

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(Over) Expanding the Circle: DHC Allows In-house Employees to Access Confidential Documents in InterDigital v. Oppo

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In June 2024, I covered some nuances regarding confidentiality and disclosures in the SB and DB orders passed in InterDigital Technology Corporation vs. Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp. Ltd ( here and here ). No segregation was made between in-house and external members.

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2H 2022 Quick Links, Part 3 (Copyrights and More)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

2022 WL 16555584 (S.D.N.Y. 31, 2022): When an individual’s decision to disseminate an Instagram post is the “very thing the article [is] reporting on,” the use of the Instagram post and its copyrighted material in the reporting has been deemed sufficiently transformative to support a fair use defense. 2022 WL 17430309 (9th Cir.

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Federal Circuit Redefines Prior Art Requirements Under § 102(e)/102(a)(2): In re Riggs

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2022-1945 (Fed. ” When an application is filed but not yet published, it exists as a confidential document at the USPTO that no competitor can access. In re Riggs , Case No. The case is decided under pre-AIA 102(e), and so it is not entirely clear whether the same law applies post-AIA.

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My Trustcon 2022 Keynote Talk

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Companies rarely talked publicly about their content moderation efforts, even when the information wasn’t really confidential. 2) Share your non-confidential material publicly. The post My Trustcon 2022 Keynote Talk appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. The whole process was a black box to regulators.

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A Hospital Mailed a Patient’s Confidential Diagnosis to a Rando. You’ll Never Guess What Happened Next–ZD v. Community Health

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Why did Jonae post ZD’s confidential diagnosis on Facebook? There were two obvious breakdowns that led to this bizarre and highly unfortunate set of events: (1) the hospital sending confidential medical information to a non-patient, and (2) the letter recipient publicizing the confidential medical information.