JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

But while this technology is becoming more sophisticated by the day, companies should still proceed with caution when using GAI in a workplace setting due to its potential impact on confidential and proprietary information. By: Miller Canfield

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 21, 2024

For example, a failed collaboration that involved the exchange of confidential information may result in the disclosing party alleging that the recipient both misappropriated trade secrets and breached the parties' confidentiality agreement.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

the US District Court for the District of Delaware decided an open question regarding pre-filing investigation and attorney fees under Title 35 of the US Code, Section 285, and offers of confidential access (OCAs) under the Hatch-Waxman framework. Bionpharma Inc., By: DLA Piper

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Confidentiality 72

Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 13, 2022

Any errors in it were either extremely minor or were made deliberately to protect a confidential source. She further claims that, by publicly correcting those masking errors, The Atlantic and The Washington Post breached the confidentiality of her source. Unanswered Questions.

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Confidentiality Journalism Publishing Plagiarism 224

Trading Secrets

APRIL 20, 2022

Mr. Matlock personally prepared the waffles using his confidential recipe, which were later delivered to Oprah by Eastern Standard. Eastern Standard claims that it has never sold a single waffle using the Burgundian confidential recipe, and that it has no plans to do so.

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Patently-O

JUNE 6, 2024

Neuropublic provided the firm with a detailed, confidential 21-page “Proposed Invention Disclosure” describing this technology. Ladas & Parry then allegedly sent this entire confidential disclosure to a third-party firm in India called PatentManiac, without informing Neuropublic’s or obtaining consent.

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Trading Secrets

AUGUST 17, 2022

Specifically, the rule provides that “[n]o person may take any action to impede an individual from communicating directly with the Commission staff about a possible securities law violation, including enforcing, or threatening to enforce, a confidentiality agreement. with respect to such communications.”.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 16, 2024

On August 14, Judge Corrigan for the Middle District of Florida, in Properties of the Villages vs. FTC, found that the FTC did not have the authority to enter its planned Noncompete Rule, and entered an order granting an injunction as to the plaintiff only. Like the Texas federal court in Ryan, the court declined to grant a nationwide injunction.

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Confidentiality 76

TorrentFreak

MARCH 18, 2022

MarkMonitor believes that the requested information is confidential and asks the court to keep it out of the public’s view. While it is totally understandable that MarkMonitor and the record labels don’t want to share proprietary or confidential information in public, singling out TorrentFreak is completely unnecessary.

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Reporting Confidentiality Copyright Copyright Infringement 145

JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

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

Business 74

Business Confidentiality Contracts Law 74

TorrentFreak

JANUARY 17, 2022

Confidential Settlement. The full details of the settlement agreement are confidential. “Pursuant to the confidential settlement agreement, Plaintiffs have requested and Defendant KeepSolid has agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to block BitTorrent traffic,” the joint dismissal stipulation reads.

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Settlement Confidentiality Copyright Infringement Copyright 145

IPilogue

APRIL 19, 2022

This act disregarded Marino’s confidentiality and non-solicitation contractual obligations to Cartier. Cartier claims that this was a breach of her employment agreement, as she was to return “any and all documents” containing “Confidential Information and Trade Secrets” that she obtained in connection with her employment. The Lawsuit.

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Confidentiality Business Law Blogging 115

IPilogue

MAY 17, 2022

Trade secrets require elements such as: value (economic/industrial), that it is kept secret, and that there are reasonable measures in place to keep it confidential. Once disclosed, the trade secret loses its necessary quality of confidence that makes it confidential and valuable to a business.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The judge’s full findings won’t be public for a couple of weeks, to enable both sides to redact confidential business information. ITC Judge MaryJoan McNamara said SharkNinja infringed two of four asserted iRobot patents, according to a notice posted last week on the agency’s electronic docket.

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Confidentiality Patent Infringement Business Patent 137

TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Judge Pym also reviewed Strike 3’s offer but concluded that this isn’t sufficient to protect the defendant’s privacy and confidentiality rights. In essence, the court prioritizes the privacy and confidentiality rights of the defendant over Strike 3’s piracy concerns. — A copy of U.S.

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Privacy Confidentiality Copying Copyright Infringement 145

JD Supra Law

JULY 2, 2024

When it comes to the true source of a company’s value, it’s not necessarily in the products or the services they offer, nor is it in the brand they’ve carefully developed. The core of a company’s value is in the trade secrets and special processes used to create those products or provide those services.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 17, 2024

As the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) implements “the final rule” banning non-competes, businesses with sensitive intellectual property (IP) must look to alternative measures to safeguard it.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Waymo alleged that its former manager, Anthony Levandowski, had organized a competing company while still at Waymo, and before leaving had downloaded 14,000 confidential documents. It was February 2017 when Waymo, Google’s self-driving car unit, sued Uber in what would become the biggest trade secret case of the century.

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Confidentiality Branding Brands Branding 133

SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Image by storyset on Freepik Recently, the Delhi High Court (DHC) issued an interim injunction in a lawsuit concerning trade secrets and confidential information. The first, is if there is a contract between both parties that contains a specific obligation to protect confidential information. 1 who then shared it with defendant no.

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Confidentiality Business Public Domain Copying 85

TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

A confidential settlement was reached in October 2020 but it’s claimed that the defendant then launched Digital UniCorn Media and another service called Altered Carbon. The financial aspect of the settlement is confidential but whatever the amount, the studios now want to call in the debt. It later disappeared.

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Kashishipr

APRIL 20, 2022

In simple terms, trade secrets are Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) granted on confidential or sensitive info, which may be licensed or sold. Generally, any confidential piece of business info that provides a competitive edge to a company or firm and isn’t known to others may be safeguarded as a trade secret.

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Intellectual Property Confidentiality Public Domain Business 119

Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

by Dennis Crouch In most patent cases, the parties jointly agree to a system limiting the publication of confidential case information and typically file a stipulated motion for protective order seeking the a judicial order requiring the parties to comply. US11147246 and US11033007.

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Patently-O

JUNE 21, 2023

Confidentiality : The court’s decision to refuse Judge Newman’s request for a public hearing is another important aspect of this case. Confidentiality facilitates the investigative process and is almost universally accepted.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 22, 2022

However, now the sides have reached a confidential settlement that brings the case to an end. The judge dismissed the first iteration of the lawsuit but allowed them to refile. That too was largely dismissed, with the rest of the case slowly moving forward. 2: Shenseea & Interscope Records Hit With $10 Million Lawsuit Over “Lick”.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 16, 2024

In such cases there are some factors that essentially set the company apart, such factor has to be kept confidential and requires protection. According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) , “trade secrets are intellectual property rights on confidential information which may be sold or licensed.”

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Confidentiality Contracts Intellectual Property Business 91

TorrentFreak

MAY 7, 2023

Confidentiality Agreement After a couple of weeks of relative calm, the parties agreed on a confidentiality order and from there, nothing but silence until December 2022. The filings revealed zero progress in the dispute and a canyon between each side’s interpretation of where safe harbors end and liability begins.

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Settlement Confidentiality Reporting Copyright Infringement 137

IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

A technology company has claimed it introduced a Canadian hardware seller to confidential contacts looking to buy graphics processors, and the seller secured sales from them, but is now withholding around $10.5 million in referral fees.

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Confidentiality Technology 98

IP Law 360

MAY 21, 2024

Key practices aimed at maintaining confidentiality can help companies establish trade secret status as the Federal Trade Commission's ban on noncompetes makes it prudent to explore other security measures, says John Baranello at Moses & Singer.

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Confidentiality 98

IP Watchdog

MAY 2, 2024

For example, patent practitioners have a duty of candor and good faith to the USPTO and a duty of confidentiality to their clients. The guidance primarily serves as a reminder of longstanding requirements and best practices for patent and trademark practitioners.

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Confidentiality Trademark Patent Law 110

JD Supra Law

MAY 8, 2024

While most of the settlement terms are confidential, it is significant as one of the first resolutions of a case involving these issues. The special – “I’m Glad I’m Dead” – sought to reflect how Carlin would have commented on current events since his death in 2008. By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

However, now it is being reported that the two sides have reached a confidential settlement in the matter. Aldi briefly removed its version of the cake but began selling them again in May after making some design changes. As such, both sides have asked for the case to be dismissed, something that the judge has granted.

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Social Media Music Settlement Plagiarism 201

IP Law 360

MAY 9, 2024

An Illinois federal judge handling antitrust claims targeting the credit-scoring market should disregard the "sideshows" customers lodged by requesting confidential settlement records and other documents that are too far removed from the case's core issues, Fair Isaac Corp. argued on Wednesday.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 17, 2024

Tesla accused one of its suppliers of corporate espionage in a $1 billion California federal lawsuit, saying that Matthews International has even tried to claim it invented the stolen trade secrets for manufacturing electric vehicle batteries by incorporating the confidential information into patent filings.

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Confidentiality Invention Patent 98

IP Law 360

JANUARY 9, 2024

deals in which the engineers agreed to delete or return to Apple confidential information in their possession, according to notices filed in California federal court. Apple has reached settlements with six former engineers it accused of stealing trade secrets and sharing them with startup chipmaker Rivos Inc.,

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Confidentiality Settlement 98

IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Siemens Energy on Monday pled guilty to wire fraud and agreed to pay $104 million to put to rest federal prosecutors' case accusing the company of misappropriating the confidential information of General Electric and Mitsubishi, a plea deal that comes after multiple former Siemens executives pled guilty in related cases.

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Confidentiality 98

IP.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Companies now use generative AI tools to streamline innovation, expedite the patenting process, and generate unique ideas while ensuring the confidentiality of valuable IP assets. This is where platforms like IQ Ideas+ excel, providing a secure, closed ecosystem where data remains confidential and entirely within the organization’s control.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 7, 2024

July 31, 2024) In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit held that the private but non-confidential sale of thousands of laptop ports did not count as a “public disclosure” of the inventions embodied therein. Sanho Corp. Kaijet Technology International Limited Inc., 2023-1336 (Fed. By: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

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