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VPN Restrictions Are Problematic, App Association Tells U.S. Government

TorrentFreak

These services are vital for whistleblowers, activists, and citizens rebelling against Government oppression. Government completes an annual review of various trade barriers around the globe and ACT believes that overly restrictive policies deserve to be called out. Government previously called out China’s restrictive policies.

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Indian government denies access to Covid 19 vaccine collaboration agreements

SpicyIP

The Indian government has refused to disclose its collaboration agreements and investments made in developing and procuring India’s Covid 19 vaccine – Covaxin, the Indian mRNA and intranasal vaccine candidates. He has challenged the blanket refusal by the government before the Delhi High Court.

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The Peter Gleeson Plagiarism Scandal

Plagiarism Today

In Australia late last month, the Courier-Mail published a 12-page “Special Investigation” by Peter Gleeson entitled Power and Palaszczuk , an unflattering look at the Queensland premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, and her government. That amounted to approximately 62% of the entire column. Simply put, this kind of plagiarism is not accidental.

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Recent SEC Order Reiterates Need for Affirmative Whistleblower Exclusion

Trading Secrets

But one area where we’ve seen legislative fretting is when that principle potentially impedes reporting wrongdoing to the government. As we have previously blogged, Congress and many state legislatures are exploring (or, in some cases, already enacted) legislative protections for reporting suspected misconduct to the government.

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Choosing the Right Intellectual Property Protection

IIPRD

Intellectual Property Rights are the bundle of rights given to the owner or creator of IP by the virtue of law that governs that specific IP. Trademarks are governed by the Trade Marks Act, 1999 in India. For example, if you write a novel, copyright protects it from being copied or sold by others without your permission.

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Keep it secret or file a patent?

Patent Trademark Blog

If you have a simple product that others can easily copy, you wouldn’t be thinking about keeping anything confidential. In order to gain certain exclusive rights from the government, inventors must disclose detailed information on how to make and use their invention. Can you keep your US patent application confidential?

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Ohio’s Supreme Court Ducks the Question of Whether “Mere Confidential Information” Is Protectable

LexBlog IP

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.