IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The question of intruding into privacy arises when someone eavesdrops on the conversation of participants of the call. 1] Of course, tapping a person’s phone constitutes a serious invasion of their privacy and violates Articles 19 and 21 of the Constitution. [2] Privacy depends on individual decisions dictating a way of life.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In our latest Privacy and Security Roundup , we cover the Senate-passed bill that includes nearly $2 billion in national cybersecurity funding, recent sanctions by the SEC on investment advisors and broker-dealers, a new initiative that aims to improve defense planning and information sharing between the public and private sectors, and more.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2022

One of the most important tools to protect your business – your ideas (copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information), customer relationships and talent pool – is your written contract. text: ‘Privacy’, }. }. }); }); Review Your Contracts Every Year. __ATA.initDynamicSlot({.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The proposed changes aim to align the requirements of Part 2 with the HIPAA Privacy Rule to provide greater care coordination so that treatment and recovery supports for SUD are more accessible for patients with SUD challenges. 290dd-2). Comments are being accepted for 60 days from publication.

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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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IIPRD

JANUARY 28, 2023

Second, the difficulty lies in locating an appropriate balance between the interests to confidentiality of data principals and permissible exceptions, particularly in terms of how the government processes personal data. In addition to that, the “deemed consent” notion is presented in the DPDP Bill, 2022.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MAY 1, 2022

Included in a standard AUP are clauses specifying the purpose and scope of the policy, the user’s rights and responsibilities, acceptable uses, prohibited uses, and privacy standards. Confidential information needs to be sent to one another securely. Article updated May 2022 The post What Is An Acceptable Use Policy?

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IPilogue

MAY 25, 2022

On March 11, 2022, the decision Proctorio, Incorporated v. Proctorio did not dispute the fact that the ongoing debate of the impact of its software was of public interest; rather, it focused on Linkletter’s supposed malicious intent and sharing of confidential links. Conclusion. In summary, success for each party was divided.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2022

.” Defendants first argued that the network of salespeople and customer lists on Facebook were owned by them, as they have ownership interests in their Facebook profiles, and that because each defendant’s Facebook friends could see the rest of their friend network, these lists were not confidential. 7, 2022) can be found here.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule ( Final Rule ) updating federal “Part 2” regulations to more closely align the requirements applicable to substance use disorder (SUD) treatment records with the HIPAA privacy rule, and to make certain other changes. 290dd–2).

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 21, 2022

A recent decision by the Second Circuit reminds litigants that a party asserting a trade secret misappropriation claim under the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), or New York law, must detail in a pleading “the “reasonable measures” employed to maintain the secrecy of the alleged trade secret. In Turret Labs USA, Inc.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 28, 2022

The suit includes allegations of negligence, breach of implied contract, invasion of privacy, and violations of the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act. District Court for the District of Nevada (filed April 11, 2022). Shalviri seeks actual damages, statutory damages, and attorneys’ fees and costs.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 28, 2022

The suit includes allegations of negligence, breach of implied contract, invasion of privacy, and violations of the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act. District Court for the District of Nevada (filed April 11, 2022). Shalviri seeks actual damages, statutory damages, and attorneys’ fees and costs.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The law goes into effect January 1, 2022 and amends the Freedom to Work Act (the Act), which restricts the use of non-compete agreements for low wage workers. The law does not apply to contracts covering confidential and proprietary information, protection of trade secrets, or inventions assignment agreements. Application. reportAd: {.

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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 2015, he authored The Duty of Confidentiality in the Surveillance Age, 17 J. 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.).

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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 2015, he authored The Duty of Confidentiality in the Surveillance Age, 17 J. 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.).

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 21, 2022

Trade secrets are always at risk when engaging in corporate deals that require the disclosure of confidential information. Specifically, the district court held that because Protégé disclosed its own trade secrets, Duff & Phelps were not liable for breach of the confidentiality clause.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 4, 2022

On July 27, 2022, Mayor Muriel Bowser signed into law the Non-Compete Clarification Amendment Act of 2022, scaling back certain aspects of D.C.’s The amended ban went into effect on October 1, 2022, though it will not be applied retroactively. ’s original Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020.

Confidentiality 52

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

In December 2022, Meta’s “anti-scraping team” told Bright Data to stop scraping its data. 2019) (stating that “[t]he fact that the [confidentiality] Agreement does not state a time limitation, but instead applies forever, further supports a finding that it is unenforceable”); Howard Schultz & Assocs. See Nissen, 120 Cal.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

A: contracts were confidential but may be able to talk about standard terms. Bill McGeveran: interesting b/c privacy/data protection regimes are very different in the two regimes. A: Interview basis made time hard to account for, but some lawyers did mention that things have changed a lot since the 1980s. Was there no overlap at all?

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

The rules ( Madras High Court Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules, 2022 ) pertaining to the practice and procedure of the Madras High Court Intellectual Property Rights Division for exercising its ordinary original, appellate, criminal, and writ jurisdiction have been published in the Gazette dated April 5, 2023.

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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. 21-952, 2022 WL 701161 (2d Cir. 9, 2022) (“ Turret ”). ” Turret Labs USA, Inc.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Illinois employers planning to protect confidential and proprietary trade secret information through the use of non-compete agreements or non-solicitation agreements need to be aware of amendments to the Illinois Freedom to Work Act that will take effect on January 1, 2022.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Lombardi (October 12, 2022) is a timely example of this principle. And it seems that the more egregious (and less “gray”) the behavior, the more likely a court is to exercise its limited discretion to restrain competition at the preliminary relief stage to prevent disclosure and use of misappropriated trade secrets.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 26, 2022

On January 1, 2022, SB 672 took effect, clarifying ambiguities in the original Act and levying additional requirements on Illinois employers who seek to impose and enforce restrictive covenants. Thus, SB 672’s restrictions apply with equal force to agreements prohibiting the solicitation of customers, vendors and employees.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 22, 2022

4th —, 2022 WL 2981167, at *6 (7th Cir. 2022) (internal quotation marks omitted). REXA argued that Chester and MEA’s actuator incorporated and disclosed confidential designs contained within the prototype Koso developed in 2002. ” REXA, Inc. Chester , — F.4th REXA appealed.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

2022) [2] , the High Court of Delhi held that because the respondent chose to put its service in Singapore, the Plaintiff cannot be rendered helpless against actual infringers. 7] Risk of unauthorised disclosure, copying, or use of confidential or proprietary information, trade secrets, or copyrighted material stored in the cloud increases.

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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] 10, 2023). [2]

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Trading Secrets

OCTOBER 24, 2023

various three-letter and four-letter government agencies), ensuring certain innovations remain confidential. As of 2022, USPTO records show that there were 6,057 secrecy orders in effect. defense departments (e.g., This veil of secrecy could extend to concepts and items conceived by individual civilians. Figure 4 of U.S.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 3, 2022

2:21-cv-02233, 2022 WL 1103822, at *1 (E.D. Milk Moovement, Inc. Dairy, LLC (“Dairy”) sued Milk Moovement, Inc. Defendants moved to dismiss all claims pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Dairy and Defendants all provide software to companies in the dairy industry.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Xiaomi highlighting how the common practice of courts granting confidentiality in commercial litigation problematizes transparency, judicial accountability, and the citizens’ right to be informed of court processes and reasoning under Article 19(1)(a). Corruption in IP Offices, Anything New?

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 29, 2022

5th 844 (2022).). The gravamen of LGCY’s claims was that the employees misappropriated LGCY’s trade secrets in violation of the Utah Uniform Trade Secrets Act and breached the noncompetition, non-solicitation, and confidentiality provisions of their employment agreements. The Superior Court, 75 Cal.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

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. The interpretation of this clause has been disputed for a long time.

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IPilogue

MARCH 8, 2023

Privacy breaches are becoming commonplace in today’s business landscape and cybersecurity is top of mind for many organizations— and for good reason. This situation is exacerbated by the risk of litigation, as lawsuits are a legitimate consequence of a privacy breach. Kaplan v Casino Rama Services Inc.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 27, 2023

ChatGPT was trained in early 2022, so it is aware of data, news, and information up to that time. Said another way, it is “unaware” of news or events post-early 2022 because such news and events were not available at the time when ChatGPT was created. early 2022). In August 2022, the U.S. See Thaler v.

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Throughout 2022, our dedicated Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Compete practice group hosted a series of CLE webinars that addressed significant trade secret and restrictive covenant issues facing companies today. Protecting Confidential Information and Client Relationships in the Financial Services Industry.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Delhi High Court recently came up with the ‘ Live Streaming and Recording of Court Proceedings Rules of the High Court of Delhi, 2022 ’. One of the ways whereby the court aims to curtail misuse of the recordings of court proceedings is by claiming copyright on these recordings.

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