The IPKat

JANUARY 16, 2022

Take shelter in this post and check what was published last week around the IP blogs. 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.

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Olartemoure Blog

MARCH 7, 2023

Privacy-enhancing technologies are tools and techniques designed to protect users’ personal data and privacy by enabling the analysis and sharing of insights within data, without sharing the data itself. What are PETs? They minimize the use of data as they maximize its control. Why are they useful? They can take many forms.

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Traverse Legal Blog

JUNE 10, 2024

Data privacy and security have become critical concerns in the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI). For AI tool developers and businesses using these tools, understanding and adhering to data protection laws like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is essential.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 18, 2023

Why all this philosophical fodder suddenly on an IP blog … . Among other issues, the Court dealt with the question of, whether “ Publishers of judgments, like Indian Kanoon, and other law journals, have no right to publish the details of parties ignoring the privacy rights of litigants which includes their right to be forgotten.”

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Traverse Legal Blog

MAY 28, 2024

Yet, given the vast amount of data required to train AI models, these technologies also raise concerns about the privacy and security of data. In this guide, we hope to explain why data privacy is essential, the current state of legal regulations on AI, and how your company can best mitigate AI risks. How can you govern your data?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

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. Courts have invalidated or limited the scope of perpetuity provisions in other contexts as well. See Nissen, 120 Cal.

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The IP Law Blog

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. The Court began with the common law invasion of privacy claim. In the end, the Court sided with Ms.

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IPilogue

MAY 10, 2022

However, the rise of companies like Proctorio were coupled with criticisms of fully-AI invigilation systems: student and educator concerns with privacy , heightened test anxiety , and racist and ableist algorithms quickly came to the forefront. Part 2 will look at the actual decision by Milman J.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 9, 2023

I worked within the legal team, under the supervision of Denise Lacombe, Head of Legal and collaborated with Lynne Sweeney, Legal Counsel and Cristina Aguirre, Privacy Officer as well. My insights were encouraged and developed through Denise’s guidance, Cristina’s privacy expertise, and Lynne’s feedback sessions.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

Data privacy concerns have undoubtedly spiked during the pandemic due to new categories of identifiable personal data being collected from employees. Some states have taken an additional step to create laws that further address the violation of data privacy while other states have adopted a wait and see approach. By: Lashania White.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Second, once minors are segregated: social media companies must “set default privacy settings to prioritize maximum privacy” (giving specific examples of regulated settings), and parental consent is required to make any adjustments to those settings. And as expected, the court indeed enjoined the law on First Amendment grounds.

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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

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. This post is also being shared on our Health Law Diagnosis blog. 290dd-2).

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Nelligan Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Courts have interpreted this broad legal obligation to include specific duties such as protecting confidential information and avoiding conflicts of interest. Common governance policies include: Conflict of interest policies; Codes of conduct; Confidentiality and privacy policies; Whistleblower policies; and Risk management frameworks.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MAY 11, 2023

Employees are so enamored by chatGPT that they engage with the free version or even chatGPT Plus without enabling data privacy options. You can watch this video about ensuring data privacy on a corporate level. The same caution applies to proprietary information to maintain confidentiality. All of this leads to one conclusion.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

It involves several IP rights, some of which overlap in some cases: copyright, trademarks, patents, trade secrets/confidential information, and the right of publicity (and similar rights with different names). Protection of fame monetization vs privacy b. Possible clash with transparency and “explainability” obligations (eg People v.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

When looking into company assets protectable under federal copyright laws, one should check the company’s website, marketing materials, manuals, YouTube videos, podcasts, posted content on Instagram, TikTok, and the like, photos, software, blog posts, articles, white papers, etc. A special note about customer data.

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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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Olartemoure Blog

AUGUST 2, 2024

Among the noteworthy aspects, the bill establishes the Data Protection Agency to ensure the effective protection of rights that guarantee privacy and personal data , with regulatory, supervisory, and sanctioning powers.

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Trading Secrets

APRIL 18, 2023

This article was originally published on Seyfarth’s Gadgets, Gigabytes & Goodwill blog. However, the data was shared without confidentiality obligations and might be used for future training, so it could be considered public. enablement). Thankfully, the U.S. Trade Secrets The heart of a trade secret’s status is its secrecy.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MARCH 26, 2025

If youre a victim of the University of Michigan Matt Weiss hacking scandal, discover your legal rights, options for compensation, and how Traverse Legal’s expertise in data privacy, security, and forensics makes our law firm different. Your privacy, security, login information, and well-being may have been severely compromised.

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Nelligan Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Where a boss and a subordinate are in a relationship, it can raise concerns about perceived preferential treatment or breach of privacy/confidentiality obligations. That said, concerns can arise where there is a power imbalance between the members of a couple.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 18, 2023

This article was originally published on Seyfarth’s Gadgets, Gigabytes & Goodwill blog. However, the data was shared without confidentiality obligations and might be used for future training, so it could be considered public. enablement). Thankfully, the U.S. Trade Secrets The heart of a trade secret’s status is its secrecy.

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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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Olartemoure Blog

MAY 19, 2023

The above, considering that this service could create risks to the privacy of its users. The Ibero-American Data Protection Network (“RIPD”) will coordinate a joint action among the 16 personal data protection authorities that compose it, under ChatGPT, a service developed by the company OpenAl OpCo, LLC.

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Trading Secrets

JUNE 28, 2022

The new policy highlights the DOJ’s goal to promote privacy and cybersecurity by upholding the legal rights of individuals and network owners to ensure confidentiality and availability of information stored in their information systems. the defendant’s conduct consisted of good-faith security research.

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Intepat

JULY 4, 2024

Additionally, it also provides for measures that remedy those risks and deals with the issue of confidentiality and national security. Furthermore, regulations about privacy, data security, and proprietary information could hinder the ability to obtain this data.

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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. What is covered in an AUP? Sign up for two-factor authentication. Private Information.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 25, 2021

Finally, systematic recording of IP addresses of users of P2P networks allegedly engaging in infringing activity to bring a claim for damages is in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive.

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IPilogue

MAY 25, 2022

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.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 29, 2022

In this blog, you will learn about various provisions of the law which help in protecting trade secrets as well as the remedies available in case of misappropriation and infringement of same. Trade secrets uphold the secrecy of integral information of an enterprise relating to its strategies, programs, designs, patterns, or more.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 29, 2021

As readers of this blog may remember, the case originated in Wisconsin in 2015, where Epic asserted that Tata had unlawfully accessed Epic’s UserWeb to download more than one thousand unique files containing confidential information in order to develop a competing product.

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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

APRIL 7, 2022

The regular readers of this blog certainly remember the usual suspects of trade secret misappropriation are employees, former employees, and self-employed consultants. This Belgian Supreme Court decision does not really come as a surprise, but is rather a confirmation of a sensible interpretation of the law.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

Cases pertaining to Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Geographical Indications, Plant Varieties, Designs, Semiconductor integrated circuit layout designs, Traditional Knowledge, and all rights under common law, if any, associated therewith; Cases relating to passing off, acts of unfair competition, disparagement, comparative advertising, etc.;

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

When looking into company assets protectable under federal copyright laws, one should check the company’s website, marketing materials, manuals, YouTube videos, podcasts, posted content on Instagram, TikTok, and the like, photos, software, blog posts, articles, white papers, etc. A special note about customer data.

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Trading Secrets

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This post was originally published to Seyfarth’s Gadgets, Gigabytes & Goodwill Blog. various three-letter and four-letter government agencies), ensuring certain innovations remain confidential. In a recent post , we discussed whether patent applications could provide insight into the blueprints of extraterrestrial spacecraft.

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