Trading Secrets

APRIL 20, 2022

Mr. Matlock personally prepared the waffles using his confidential recipe, which were later delivered to Oprah by Eastern Standard. Matlock made and submitted to Oprah, although Eastern Standard continues to advertise its selection on the “Favorite Things” list.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

More Posts About Keyword Advertising. Competitive Keyword Advertising Claim Fails–Reflex Media v. lululemon. * Ohio Bans Competitive Keyword Advertising by Lawyers. * Want to Engage in Anti-Competitive Trademark Bullying? Google. * Competitive Keyword Advertising Still Isn’t Trademark Infringement, Unless….

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Above the Fold

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In a world where non-compete agreements are being curtailed or outright banned, companies need to enhance their use of other ways to protect their intellectual property and confidential information when their employees leave to go work for competitors. developed during the term of employment.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Through a bunch of IP laws like copyright, patent, and trade secrets, expressions, innovations, and confidential information are respectively protected. Ramkumar Jewellers , a jewelry advertisement featured a billboard with images of Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan, prompting legal scrutiny. For example, in Titan Industries Ltd.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 8, 2024

This case hit my alerts because of its discussion about keyword advertising, but first, I have to digest how the court got there. ” More Posts About Keyword Advertising * Internal Search Results Aren’t Trademark Infringing–PEM v. ” That prompted this litigation. ” UGH.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 12, 2022

6, 2022) The district court reverses the bankruptcy court ruling ( discussed here ) that held that false advertising had interfered with the debtor’s estate in violation of the automatic stay. The back of the advertisement said, among other things, “Windstream’s future is unknown, but Spectrum is here to stay.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 26, 2022

I’ve often wondered about the conversations that take place between trademark owner and counsel before filing a keyword advertising lawsuit. Now he’s helping out by helping build out defense-side keyword advertising precedents. More Posts About Keyword Advertising. * How extensively do they discuss the risks?

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 7, 2021

De Cortes alleged that the restrictive covenants were unenforceable because they didn’t protect any confidential information, long-term relationships, specialized training, or other legitimate interests. claims, the Lanham Act claim did.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2023

For more background on competitive keyword advertising by lawyers, see this article. May 10, 2023) More Posts About Keyword Advertising * Yet More Evidence That Keyword Advertising Lawsuits Are Stupid–Porta-Fab v. Allied Modular * Griper’s Keyword Ads May Constitute False Advertising (Huh?) 2023 WL 3340214 (W.D.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 25, 2021

More Posts About Keyword Advertising. Ohio Bans Competitive Keyword Advertising by Lawyers. Perfect Body Image. * The Florida Bar Regulates, But Doesn’t Ban, Competitive Keyword Ads. * Rounding Up Three Recent Keyword Advertising Cases–Comphy v. Google cases. Want to Engage in Anti-Competitive Trademark Bullying? Greenberg v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2022

More Posts About Keyword Advertising. Google. * Competitive Keyword Advertising Claim Fails–Reflex Media v. lululemon. * Ohio Bans Competitive Keyword Advertising by Lawyers. * Want to Engage in Anti-Competitive Trademark Bullying? Google. * Competitive Keyword Advertising Still Isn’t Trademark Infringement, Unless….

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 30, 2024

or the exclusive rights over a recipe – breach of confidentiality?; or false advertising – the defendant claims to be the ‘inventor of Butter Chicken and Dal Makhani’; or is there an actual ‘invention’ in question – owners of both restaurants call themselves ‘inventors’ of the dish?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 17, 2021

However, “[b]ecause meta tags direct internet traffic and are invisible to the internet user (absent the user taking additional steps), meta tags are similar to keyword advertising” (citing a non-precedential metatags opinion from 20 years ago). More Posts About Keyword Advertising. Distraction is insufficient. OK, I guess.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 22, 2023

This case involves two rival personal injury law firms in Arizona, one of which engaged in competitive keyword advertising against the other. May 18, 2023) More Posts About Keyword Advertising * More on Law Firms and Competitive Keyword Ads–Nicolet Law v. Allied Modular * Griper’s Keyword Ads May Constitute False Advertising (Huh?)–LoanStreet

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

A quick glance at last week – Madras HC accepts a US District Court’s Letter Rogatory to furnish confidential information, a look at Functional Fallacies in Thomson Reuters vs Ross Intelligence and many more. We also have the initiation of our attempt to bring IP conversations to wider audiences through multilingual writing!

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Confidentiality Trademark Copyright Infringement Music 59

Patently-O

AUGUST 13, 2021

The court relied upon additional facts not found in the question presented–noting that the document in question was distributed to hundreds of customers over a span of years and without any confidentiality restrictions; and that product advertisements were designed to attract persons of skill in the art. 869, 877 (Fed.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2024

The court says “Because Walmart does not pay search engines to return organic search results or index webpages, it does not “use” the marks in connection with the sale or advertisement of goods.” “Walmart contends that the purchase of these Google advertisements does not constitute a “use” of Plaintiff’s Marks. .”

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 1, 2022

The company was accused of advertising on torrent sites such as YTS and billing itself as a “Porcorn Time VPN.” VeePN has become the latest target in this legal effort. Last month, several companies accused the Ukrainian-owned VPN service of actively promoting piracy.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 17, 2023

Bombay High Court clarifies that plaintiff must disclose confidential information to the court in cases where a breach of confidentiality is asserted. The Bombay High Court vacated the ex-parte interim injunction order that was previously granted over a general allegation of breach of confidentiality by the plaintiff’s ex-employees.

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Advertising Advertising Confidentiality Trademark 105

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 29, 2022

This week, another court added to 1-800 Contacts’ smouldering pile of trademark jurisprudence and granted a judgment on the pleadings (Rule 12(c)) dismissing 1-800 Contacts’ competitive keyword advertising lawsuit against its rival Warby Parker. More Posts About Keyword Advertising. Keyword Ads. Proximity of goods.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2022

Her negligence claims included: “sexually explicit advertisements” promoting Forge of Empires creating “an unsafe environment for women players;” negligent supervision of “moderator-players,” negligence per se for failing to protect her confidential information, “unsafe advertisements,” and other complaints (..)

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This case involves Jim Adler, a/k/a the “Texas Hammer,” a Texas lawyer who has spent $100M+ on advertising to build his brand. For background on the legal battles over keyword advertising by lawyers, see this article. Bye, Goff * Yet More Evidence That Keyword Advertising Lawsuits Are Stupid–Porta-Fab v. Adler PC v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2023

This is a competitive keyword advertising lawsuit. This is fine, but it deviates from courts’ efforts over the years to come up with multi-factor variations specific to keyword advertising. ” But the advertiser was engaging in comparative advertising, which I think also strongly serves the public interest.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Softgel: The Errors of Comity The Madras High Court accepted a Letter Rogatory from The US District Court in Delaware directing India-based Softgel Healthcare to furnish confidential information to the US Court. The defendants argued that the plaintiffs were engaging in a fishing and roving inquiry into confidential business information.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

” Some of these concerns have been mentioned previously but never from someone in such a unique position, seemingly prepared for all the right reasons, to lay it all on the line, without commercial concerns being anywhere near the equation. .

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Once the police have conducted their own investigations, any domain added to the IWL finds itself blacklisted by the advertising industry and then shared as part of the full list with other stakeholders, rightsholders, and anti-piracy groups. ” The IWL is Considered Secret, Police Refuse to Comment.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 8, 2024

This is a case involving a trademark owner and a competitive keyword advertiser. That’s certainly true for high-profile and well-advertised consumer items like fast food chains, mass-market phones, and major car labels, but is it true in this particular niche? Google * Competitive Keyword Advertising Claim Fails–Reflex Media v.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

A trade secret is a form of intellectual property that protects confidential business information that (1) has economic value, providing a business with a competitive advantage, and (2) is not generally known or readily accessible to others. Also, confidential business information is not a trade secret if it can be reverse-engineered.

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Michael Geist

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Bill C-11 (and C-10 before it) included registration requirements from the moment it was introduced, perhaps as a response to a showdown at the CRTC many years ago in which Netflix refused to disclose confidential information to the regulator on the grounds that it did not have jurisdiction and concerns about maintaining confidentiality.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Confidential agreements with domain registrars and registries, for example, help to efficiently take down domain names. In addition, advertising companies and payment processors help to cut off revenue to pirate sites and services, when appropriate. This has been a key driver of many recent successes. all over the globe. .

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TorrentFreak

JULY 14, 2024

’ advertising campaign, it has intentionally chosen not to listen to complaints from copyright owners. Rightsholders are further required to waive their copyright claims, indemnify Verizon, while keeping the terms of the program confidential, the labels say. “While Verizon is famous for its ‘Can you hear me now?’

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The TTABlog

JULY 27, 2023

for various oil and gas drilling equipment, finding that Applicant FMC's specimen of use constituted "mere advertising" and not an acceptable "displays associated with the good." Moreover, the slide presentations were confidential, and there was no evidence that the slides were widely used within the relevant market.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

A very crucial discussion on this front began with Prashant’s post pondering whether TKDL is a ‘confidential database ,’ and compliant with Indian copyright law, which it apparently was not! Generally, the benchmark for comparative advertising hinges on the “average consumer” test. Check Mihir’s post for more.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

As a result, the sector works closely with various performers, artists, authors, publishers, production companies, record labels, online content providers, broadcasters, advertising, distributors, etc. Intellectual Property rights influence almost every aspect ofthis industry and its creative process.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 31, 2023

All About The Blocklist FMTS provided the experts with a spreadsheet containing a confidential blocklist of 568 IP addresses and timestamps indicating when they were added to the blocklist. “There was several vulgar emails from one individual that communicated displeasure with the issuance of the Order, generally.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 16, 2024

“But how can the Court permanently enjoin the sales of three specific products, when there is only an allegation or evidence supporting at most one product being falsely advertised? Plaintiff was required to plead false advertising with specificity, then prove it.” This is a false advertising case, not a counterfeiting case.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Boost alleged that Woo engaged in a scheme to gain access to Boost’s confidential information and thereby replicate its beauty product. Plaintiff’s and defendant’s principals were roommates, which allegedly gave defendants the opportunity to copy despite an oral confidentiality agreement, on which the court denied summary judgment.

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