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Types of Intellectual Property Contracts

Intepat

Intellectual property rights may be established, protected, or granted to another party by contracts or agreements. Considering that the subject matter is so complex, the law regarding contracts is usually handled by lawyers who specialize in it.

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Businesses Should Take Their AI Contracts Off Auto-Renew

IP Law 360

When subscribing to artificial intelligence tools — or to any technology in a highly competitive and legally thorny market — companies should push back on automatic renewal contract clauses for reasons including litigation and regulatory risk, and competition, says Chris Wlach at Huge Inc.

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NASA Says Sensor Co.'s Contract Breach Case Should Fail

IP Law 360

Court of Federal Claims should throw out a sensor business's breach of contract suit over commercialization and licensing deals related to patented NASA technology, saying certain milestones couldn't be reached under the pact. NASA has said the U.S.

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Protecting trade secrets and confidential business information in Canada

JD Supra Law

Businesses can prevent third parties from misusing their valuable and commercially sensitive business information and trade secrets through contracts and the common law in Canada. By: Smart & Biggar

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Two ‘Gotchas’ to Watch for When Negotiating (Not Just AI) Contracts – Part 1

JD Supra Law

As we continue to see AI steadily and increasingly be incorporated into service offerings, businesses should pay special attention to previously “standard” provisions when contracting for the provision and use of services that incorporate AI.

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Québec’s Language Legislation: Release of Regulations Impacting Commercial Contracts and Trademarks

JD Supra Law

This post summarizes a newly published regulation (the “Amended Regulation”) amending the Québec Charter of the French Language (“Charter”) and the Regulation respecting the language of commerce and business in key areas such as commercial contract drafting and the use of English-language trademarks.

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Unfair contract terms – automatic renewal clauses

LexBlog IP

9 November 2023 was a crucial date for Australian businesses because from that date significant penalties can now be imposed on businesses found to have unfair contract terms (UCT) in their contracts. To allow businesses time to respond, financial [.]