JD Supra Law

APRIL 19, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision finding trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract based on a recruiter’s improper use of confidential client information. Counsel Holdings, Incorporated v. Jowers, Case No. 22-50936 (5th Cir. 1, 2024) (King, Ho, Engelhardt, JJ.) (per

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 18, 2024

In this episode of Tech Talks, we discuss the Federal Trade Commission’s recent ban on non-compete agreements and its implications for employers, as well as strategies for protecting confidential information and trade secrets. By: Mayer Brown

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Trading Secrets

JULY 19, 2022

It’s a fact pattern that repeatedly arises in trade secret cases: a company hires someone who has a confidentiality agreement with their former employer. Just before (or shortly after) being hired, the individual emails confidential information from their former employer to individuals at their new job.

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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. However, the lawsuit, to my mind, leaves a great deal of questions unanswered.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 13, 2025

Fanatics has cut a confidential deal with Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. and his father to settle the company's contract dispute, resolving litigation that temporarily barred Harrison's jersey number 18 from officially being sold, according to court documents filed in New York state court Thursday.

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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

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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 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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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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Olartemoure Blog

MAY 3, 2024

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) decided to ban non-compete clauses in labor contracts on the grounds that they affect the right to free labor mobility, which negatively impacts on the country’s competition , innovation and economic growth.

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LexBlog IP

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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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 9, 2022

Here, the relevant confidentiality agreement included a forum selection clause to govern patent and other intellectual property disputes between the parties, which stated in relevant part: [T]he Parties agree that all Potential Actions arising under U.S. Despite this language, Sarepta filed seven petitions for inter partes review (“IPR”).

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 18, 2024

International Trade Commission decisions demonstrate an interesting trend of judges recognizing that contracts and confidentiality provisions can serve as important evidence of the reasonable secrecy measures companies must take to prove the existence of protected trade secrets, say attorneys at Finnegan. Recent federal and U.S.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 1, 2024

Introduction: The protection of confidential information is an important aspect of employer-employee relationships, and the UAE has established comprehensive laws to address violations of confidentiality clauses. If an employer terminates the contract unlawfully, the non-compete clause becomes invalid.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Specifically, RestoPros alleges that the Baileys used its registered trademark RESTOPROS and confidential business information to launch a competing business, Restore and Renew Professionals , after leaving the RestoPros franchise.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 7, 2021

US Courts typically enforce choice-of-forum provisions found within contracts between two business entities. But, they did not enter such a contract. 2021)( KannuuSamsungDecision ). ” The potential deal fell apart and Kannuu eventually sued Samsung for patent infringement. Dodocase VR, Inc. MerchSource, LLC , 767 F.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 20, 2022

It’s a fact pattern that repeatedly arises in trade secret cases: a company hires someone who has a confidentiality agreement with their former employer. Just before (or shortly after) being hired, the individual emails confidential information from their former employer to individuals at their new job.

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 24, 2024

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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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 2, 2021

A settlement agreement was reached where Elation could inspect the software developed by Shi and prevent the use of any trade secrets or confidential information. Elation is an important decision for California companies suing to recover and prevent the use of confidential information in violation of confidentiality agreements or NDAs.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 24, 2024

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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IIPRD

MARCH 13, 2025

Trade Secrets Trade secret is the information that is confidential, commercially valuable, known to limited persons and is actively kept secret from the public, and which may be sold or licensed. Examples include the Coca-Cola recipe, Google Search algorithm, etc.

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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. Breach of Contract. The financial aspect of the settlement is confidential but whatever the amount, the studios now want to call in the debt.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2022

Review Your Contracts Every Year. One of the most important tools to protect your business – your ideas (copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information), customer relationships and talent pool – is your written contract. Franken-contracts can ruin your business.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

American actress Scarlett Johansson, known for playing the Black Widow in Disney & Marvel’s The Avengers franchise, took action against Disney on July 30, 2021 for an alleged breach of contract involving the recent Black Widow film’s distribution. In contract law, ambiguity is addressed in several ways.

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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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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 19, 2023

A debate is growing within the trade secret community about the scope of information that should be protected–specifically, confidential information that does not rise to the level of a trade secret. On October 12, 2023, in Hanneman Family Funeral Home & Crematorium v.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2024

The use of an AI tool to, for example, record a meeting that discusses company confidential information, can give rise to claims of trade secret misappropriation. The complaint alleges the former employee, among other things, used Otter to record and transcribe confidential meetings. Plaintiffs West Technology Group LLC and CX360 Inc.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 31, 2023

In the consequentials hearing judgment [2023] EWHC 138 , the Judge dealt with (1) royalty payments; (2) costs; (3) confidentiality; and (4) permission to appeal. Of the most interesting to this Kat was the treatment of costs (well, some of them), confidentiality and permission to appeal. The result being that money was due.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Not for the first time in connection with a public procurement tender, an unsuccessful bidder then files with the contracting authority a request for examination of the documentation submitted by the successful bidder, this to evaluate the propriety of the award process, with an eye towards possibly challenging it through legal proceedings.

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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. 2 should be restrained.

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Kashishipr

JANUARY 27, 2022

In legal terms, it is a contract signed amongst at least two parties looking forward to detailing confidential knowledge, clauses, statements, or any information they wish to restrict from access by third parties. Therefore, many companies are way too vigilant about protecting their IP assets.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 2, 2025

billion manufacturing deal, while GlobalFoundries accused IBM of unlawfully disclosing its confidential trade secrets, the companies announced Thursday. IBM and semiconductor maker GlobalFoundries US Inc. have settled lawsuits lodged against each other in which IBM accused GlobalFoundries of breaching a $1.5

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 27, 2021

They also sought execution of a confidential settlement sum previously agreed with Tusa, a permanent injunction, interest, and attorney’s fees in excess of $330,000. As a result it appears that they are owed ‘something’, but precisely what that ‘something’ is remains confidential.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 29, 2022

” Breach of Contract. The alleged breaches appear to be the game’s failure to enforce possible contract breaches by other users. The court says Section 230 preempts most of those claims. . ” Products Liability. An online videogame isn’t a “product.” Implications.

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Trading Secrets

MAY 9, 2022

It is not enough to simply assume that the new hire will know and abide by his or her obligations, and requires a proactive approach, which may require the company to consider its hiring paperwork (are your current contracts sufficient to protect your interests?), its training procedures, and its off-boarding policies.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, filed suit on Wednesday in California state court against the owner behind social media accounts accused of leaking confidential music without permission, alleging contract breach and trade secret misappropriation.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 31, 2021

million trial verdict over Emerson Electric's alleged use of stolen trade secrets to win a lucrative Facebook contract, finding a California district court misinterpreted the expiration date of a confidentiality agreement at the heart of the case. The Ninth Circuit on Monday wiped out BladeRoom's $77.4

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