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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SpicyIP

JANUARY 3, 2025

In addition, documents were filed showing communication between the former employees and the competing company discussing confidential data. Thus, in this case it is pertinent to determine whether the data in question can be classified as trade secrets or confidential information. It would lie only against the former employees.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 18, 2024

While tools like Otter may provide quick answers or help synthesize a large volume of information, employers and employees alike should be mindful of the types of information fed to (and possibly stored in) AI programs. Plaintiffs West Technology Group LLC and CX360 Inc.

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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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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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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. So what was the case about?

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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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SpicyIP

JANUARY 13, 2025

Discussing the Delhi High Court’s clarification regarding the economic value of the information to qualify as confidential information, SpicyIP Intern Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan explains the Court’s finding in Cigma Events v. Deepak Gupta. His previous posts can be accessed here. The order stands out for two reasons.

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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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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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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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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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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.

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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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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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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. Information Protected by a Trade Secret . A still-new form of IP that has gained recognition in the past two decades is trade secrets, which we shall be discussing here in this blog.

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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. There is no definite definition of trade secrets, it includes extensive range of information of commercial and technical nature. What is a Trade Secret?

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 19, 2022

Join Us for Protecting Trade Secrets & Gaining a Competitive Edge in the Digital Age - Sophisticated Strategies to Protect Critical Assets When Key Employees Depart & Business Relationships Break Down - The protection of trade secrets by contract, including non-competes and confidentiality provisions, is under attack around the country.

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Kashishipr

JANUARY 27, 2022

A Non-Disclosure Agreement (abbreviated as NDA) is a legal document signed to safeguard the previously-mentioned sensitive information. In this article, we will focus and analyze only the commercial application of an NDA by understanding how it could be used to protect a business and its IP assets.

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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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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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The IPKat

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In this case, the nuance is expressed in the context of the balance between the ‘right of information’ of the participants to a public tender and the possible presence of ‘trade secrets’ in the bidding documentation. Based on this, the request for access to the documentation was denied by the contracting authority.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 13, 2022

Extent of Undisclosed Information. The protection of undisclosed information is an important facet for pharmaceutical industries, R&D Institutions, and other agencies. Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) does provide a provision for the protection of undisclosed information.

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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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IP Law 360

JANUARY 20, 2023

The past week in London has seen Getty Images sue an AI art platform for copyright breaches, former London mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith sue Mirror Group Newspapers in a confidential information claim, and legal action brought against Budweiser by pub chain JD Wetherspoon in a commercial contracts claim.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 11, 2023

Despite widespread public interest in these arrangements, the government has consistently rejected Right to Information (RTI) applications requesting this information. However, the government has refused to provide information regarding these arrangements. Many articles (e.g. To be sure, this is not a blanket exemption.

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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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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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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In August 2022, Japanese manga publisher Shueisha filed an ex parte application at a California district court seeking information for use in a foreign proceeding – a lawsuit in Vietnam or Japan targeting pirate site operators. com, Shueisha sought permission from a court to obtain information from U.S. Executive Order 13984.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

partner but that it may well have stolen confidential information to use to its advantage. The North Carolina Business Court has axed certain counterclaims against a Swedish company that makes robotic lawn mowers for allegedly bailing on a partnership agreement, finding the Swedish firm owed no fiduciary duty to its former U.S.

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GDB Firm Blog

APRIL 1, 2019

You know all about statutory and regulatory requirements for financial institutions to protect customer information that go back to Gramm Leach Bliley. The purpose of the offending clause was to maintain confidentiality of trade secrets and protect customer information. Today's take away? " Jay L.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 18, 2021

This could be anything from soliciting and directing company clients and prospects, to doing personal consulting work on the company’s dime, to taking property and information. Review the contract. Review the contract/offer letter. Request return of property and information, in whatever form. Reconcile and pay.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 5, 2022

A split Eighth Circuit has backed a lower court's decision to toss Minnesota-based Protege Biomedical LLC's suit against a New York-based financial advising firm, saying the adviser did not breach its contract with Protege over an alleged leak of confidential information to a competitor.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 21, 2024

Following the original verdict, before the eventual settlement, Cox informed its insurance companies Hiscox and ACE American Insurance of its claim. In a complaint filed at a federal court in Atlanta, Georgia, the ISP accuses the insurance companies of contract breach. Beach of Contract?

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 11, 2022

The confidential information which is generally not protectable tends to get protection as a trade secret which is specially drafted through a contract in companies. There is no need for disclosing any information which for trade secret is not necessary. One may not disclose any information while claiming trade secrets.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 9, 2022

Affirmative proof likely requires disclosing sensitive business information, research and development, or corporate strategy. For many trade-secret litigants and their counsel, the solution lies in simply drafting and agreeing to a protective order governing the treatment of any ‘confidential’ material. 3d 410 (5th Cir.

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