The IPKat

MAY 12, 2023

When one hears the claims of copyright infringement, confidential information and employment claims one can readily assume that this is an employer/ex-employee dispute. US proceedings were filed by PQ against CyberMetrics in October 2017, Mr Aughton was deposed in October 2021 and the proceedings then settled on confidential terms.

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Intepat

MAY 24, 2023

In today’s business landscape, the significance of intellectual property (IP) assets is on the rise and is becoming increasingly crucial in various sectors. The value of a business is now closely tied to its IP assets, which can be licensed, transferred, or used as capital in a joint venture.

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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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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) refer to the legal rights granted to individuals or businesses for their creations or inventions. Startups can secure copyrights to prevent unauthorized copying or distribution of their creative works. This means that no one else can copy or distribute their creations without permission.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 13, 2022

Among other things, the VPN company argued that the movie companies never sent any of their alleged copyright infringement and takedown notices to TorGuard’s designated DMCA agent. Earlier this month, both parties agreed to end the legal dispute with a confidential settlement agreement. Settlement & U.S. Torrent Blocking.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

further stresses the importance of carefully crafting the terms and conditions in a non-disclosure agreement (“NDA”), and ensuring there is no ambiguity as to when the NDA’s confidentiality protections expire. Emerson Electric Co. The Inclusion of Expiration Dates in NDAs. Ninth Circuit’s Decision in Bladeroom.

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Kashishipr

JUNE 16, 2021

Of these crimes, Intellectual Property (IP) theft is one of the many, which involves stealing copyright, patents, industrial designs, etc., account to be the most frequently stolen forms of IP, which may result in a huge loss for the company that created it, including the loss of competitive edge and decline of business growth.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 14, 2024

The plaintiffs alleged that OpenAI copied their published books, which are protected by copyright law, and used them in a training dataset for its LLM. The OpenAI defendants moved to dismiss all causes of action alleged by the author plaintiffs with the exception of the first cause of action for direct copyright infringement. (It

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 8, 2022

Ferrari was issued a new design patent D945,320 titled, “Car, Toy Car Replica And/Or Other Replica.” ” While this patent does not mention the specific model of vehicle for the design, the look bears similarity to the Scuderia Ferrari SF1000 that raced in the 2020 Formula One season. About Design Patents.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 1, 2022

At a Florida court, DISH and encryption partner NagraStar sued several individuals, companies and trusts collectively doing business as SetTV via the domain settvnow.com. The plaintiffs stated that the complex business structure was designed to frustrate enforcement efforts and hide profits made by SET Broadcast LLC and various individuals.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Significantly, even intentional copying of a plaintiff’s trademark does not, standing alone, state a misrepresentation claim.” accused product another another The subsequent stipulation to a permanent injunction did not cover the registrations, but there is apparently a confidential settlement agreement that may have covered them.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Means to Shut Down Sites at Certain Times The FT reported that the order obtained by Sky was designed to protect a “broader range of content” from across its programming. After obtaining a copy of the High Court order, the nature of the blocking is easily understood. Blocking TV shows was new, however.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 30, 2022

This is because patents, by design, disclose all necessary information to make or use the technology at hand. Generally, trade secrets are loosely defined as business or technical information that provides a competitive advantage and is not generally known by the public. Patents are useful and important tools for companies.

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Michael Geist

APRIL 11, 2023

This first post starts with the aftermath of the 2021 consultation on online harms, which was designed to provide the foundation for the bill. The consultation attracted widespread criticism with the government surprisingly refusing to disclose the actual submissions , implausibly citing concerns about confidential business information.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Since FinTech is a dynamic concept and originated from the intellectual labour of its creator, the chief question running in the minds of stakeholders is “How to protect their work from copying”? Today, there are about 2100 FinTech businesses in India; the majority of which were founded in the previous five years.

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Anatomy of an M&A Transaction: How to Issue Spot for Non-Compete, Trade Secrets/Confidential Information, and Intellectual Capital Concerns. Most often, restrictive covenants are designed to prevent a departing employee from competing with his/her former employer for clients or business. View the Recording.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 27, 2022

PART 2: of the blog gives a detail about Copyrights, Industrial Designs, Geographical Indications, Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits, Plant Variety Protection and Trade Secrets. To reproduce, store, issue copies to public, perform, communicate, and make translation or adaptation of the work. INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

APRIL 28, 2022

Generally, trade secrets refer to confidential information that confers a competitive advantage on its holder by virtue of being unknown by others. Generally, reasonable measures should be “adequate under the circumstances,” but go further than those used for ordinary confidential information. What Are Trade Secrets? DTSA § 1839.

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Trading Secrets

JULY 25, 2022

Employers must also provide individuals with a copy of the agreement at least 14 days before the start of employment or the required date for execution of the agreement, and must provide the employee with specific notice language advising the employee of the new law and its limitations.

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Trading Secrets

JUNE 3, 2022

The district court reasoned that plaintiff needed to demonstrate that the corporate defendant copied plaintiff’s project in order to satisfy the “use” requirement under the DTSA. Accordingly, the concept was readily ascertainable by proper means, and Vita cannot establish that its conceptual design was a trade secret.”

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Anatomy of an M&A Transaction: How to Issue Spot for Non-Compete, Trade Secrets/Confidential Information, and Intellectual Capital Concerns. Most often, restrictive covenants are designed to prevent a departing employee from competing with his/her former employer for clients or business. View the Recording.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 11, 2024

ASPAC also filed an access to information request through which it hoped to obtain “copies of all documents involving the MPA and the use of the Ether platform.” The agreement was considered confidential and that ran counter to a requirement for transparency. Some issues did remain, however.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 25, 2024

Prashant raises questions as to the influence of business lobbying groups, and concerns regarding the then proposed changes to the Rules. Zydus Lifesciences Limited, on 13 March 2024 (Delhi High Court ) The case centered on the establishment of a confidentiality club in a biosimilar litigation dispute.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

” I’ll focus on the false designation of origin claim regarding Troia’s keyword ads. And how can consumers be “diverted” with the ad copy accurately previewed what consumers could expect to get at the link terminus? Defendant cannot now hide under the cloak of cyberspace to escape liability.”

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Kashishipr

JUNE 23, 2021

It is a popular saying that “if it is worth copying, it is worth protecting.” Generally speaking, IP laws safeguard the right of the proprietor of the original work or invention, including literature, inventions, logos, designs, etc. Conclusion.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 31, 2022

TB alleged that Castorama Polska sold exact and near identical copies of the images, which had been supplied to them by Knor. In its defense, Castorama Polska argued that the images, due to the trivial nature of the graphics and design, could not qualify as ‘works’ and subsequently would not be protected under Polish copyright law.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Trademark protection can include a product or company’s name, a design, logo, color scheme, and identifying factors such as a unique sound played within an application (think of AOL’s famous “YOU’VE GOT MAIL”). User Interfaces may be protectable with Design Patents as well.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Musical Arts, designs, pictures, software, material, and many other sorts of Intellectual Property can be transferred using an e-commerce platform in the digital age. There are few e-commerce companies which explicitly make copies of brands such as Firstcopyclub, ShoesKartel etc.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

The International Business Machine (IBM) company was granted almost 4000 patents in 2017 for AI related advancements which included blockchains. The nodes authenticate transactions, add the data to their copy of the common ledger and transfer the ledger additions to all other nodes. to various entities dealing with the same.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

The International Business Machine (IBM) company was granted almost 4000 patents in 2017 for AI related advancements which included blockchains. The nodes authenticate transactions, add the data to their copy of the common ledger and transfer the ledger additions to all other nodes. to various entities dealing with the same.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

The International Business Machine (IBM) company was granted almost 4000 patents in 2017 for AI related advancements which included blockchains. The nodes authenticate transactions, add the data to their copy of the common ledger and transfer the ledger additions to all other nodes. to various entities dealing with the same.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Business-to-Business Data Sharing Agreements Article 13 of the Act sets out a number of rules concerning the contractual terms between businesses which relate to the sharing of and access to data. As such, we await further detail in this area for the complete picture here.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

The post further discusses instances where the confidentiality of commission proceedings may be compromised, thereby jeopardizing their intended purpose. Their primary role is to execute the local commission at the designated location (usually it’s Defendant’s place of business). Potential Loopholes 1.

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Trading Secrets

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Instead, the statute provided that anyone who “embezzles, steals or unlawfully takes, carries away, conceals, or copies, or by fraud or by deception obtains” a trade secret “with intent to convert to his own use,” regardless of the value of the trade secret, is liable for the resulting damages. Have things actually changed?

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

” Instead, the statute provided that anyone who “embezzles, steals or unlawfully takes, carries away, conceals, or copies, or by fraud or by deception obtains” a trade secret “with intent to convert to his own use,” regardless of the value of the trade secret, is liable for the resulting damages.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

CONFIDENTIALITY, TRADE SECRETS AND SECURITY CONCERNS IN THE CLOUD Ensuring data security poses a major challenge for businesses, especially when operational data is stored in the cloud, raising concerns about safety and protection from manipulation. It is designed as an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The biosimilar pathway was designed to increase competition for biologics and reduce healthcare costs. Note that FDA still has not designated any biosimilar as interchangeable to its reference product. As noted above, companies are already taking advantage of these new designations. Introduction. Federal Legislation.

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