The IPKat

MAY 12, 2024

The UPCKat trying to keep confidential information confidential in the UPC As part of our UPCKat reporting on the latest UPC developments, the IPKat brings readers a roundup of how the UPC is treating confidentiality and third party access to court documents.

Confidentiality 64

Confidentiality Art Patent Patent Application 64

TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 15, 2024

These documents are typically signed by a court clerk and don’t require any judicial oversight. ” After the parties got together, an agreement was reached to confidentially disclose basic subscriber information related to 64 Discord User IDs. Instead, they can request a DMCA subpoena.

Privacy 120

Privacy Copyright Infringement Copyright Confidentiality 120

TorrentFreak

AUGUST 15, 2022

The documents in question are now shielded and the anti-piracy company would like it to keep it that way, to prevent adversaries from gathering knowledge. ” The transcript isn’t the only document MarkMonitor would like to keep away from the public. MarkMonitor Wants to Keep Anti-Piracy Secrets Safe.

Confidentiality 145

Confidentiality Settlement Copying Litigation 145

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.

Confidentiality 133

Confidentiality Branding Branding Brands 133

IIPRD

JANUARY 7, 2025

This document outlines the AI/IP Research Project and offers preliminary policy suggestions for the creation of AI-related IP legislation. There are other situations in which this technology can be used, such as document evaluation, analysis, and extraction based on predetermined patterns, therefore this is not their sole application.

IP 98

IP Intellectual Property Invention Inventor 98

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.”.

Confidentiality 122

Confidentiality Cease and Desist Government Reporting 122

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.

Confidentiality 115

Confidentiality Business Law Blogging 115

Michael Geist

JUNE 28, 2022

As of this morning, there is still no reference to the statement, even though it is a public document having been tabled in the House of Commons. Parties who provide certain types of sensitive commercial information to the Commission, including trade secrets, may designate this information as confidential.

Government 98

Government Confidentiality Design Designs 98

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.

Confidentiality 52

Confidentiality Intellectual Property IP Invention 52

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.

Confidentiality 52

Confidentiality Intellectual Property IP Invention 52

The IPKat

JANUARY 16, 2025

The question for the Board of Appeal was whether the user manual had been made available to the public before the priority date without an obligation of confidentiality, and how to assess the standard of proof required given that the evidence was neither fully within the opponent's control nor equally accessible to both parties.

Confidentiality 64

Confidentiality Invention Art Patent 64

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.

Confidentiality 98

Confidentiality Settlement Marketing Marketing 98

JD Supra Law

JUNE 5, 2024

More than 500 sequentially accessed files downloaded to a personal thumb drive, and a description in a verified complaint of the purported confidential information and trade secrets implicated, were the key components of the Business Court granting a preliminary injunction in a case involving a terminated employee who transitioned to a competing pharmaceutical (..)

Confidentiality 75

Confidentiality Business 75

TorrentFreak

MARCH 18, 2022

This information includes documents, source code, and witness testimony regarding the company’s efforts to track online pirates. MarkMonitor believes that the requested information is confidential and asks the court to keep it out of the public’s view. MarkMonitor Evidence. However, the argumentation certainly stands out.

Reporting 145

Reporting Confidentiality Copyright Copyright Infringement 145

SpicyIP

JUNE 19, 2024

Regarding the disclosure of documents for FRAND rate determination, InterDigital sought the disclosure of license agreements between Xiaomi and third-party SEP holders such as Ericsson and Orange SA on the grounds of its relevance to determining the FRAND rates.

Confidentiality 59

Confidentiality Licensing Technology Patent 59

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.

Confidentiality 114

Confidentiality Patent Business Patent Infringement 114

LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This article is meant to serve as a primer for emerging growth companies and Investors, introducing the different documents and agreements that will need to be drafted and executed for each financing round. [1] 1] The generally accepted standard of financing documents comes from the National Venture Capital Association (“ NVCA ”).

Government 64

Government Confidentiality Registration Business 64

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. A status report revealed that DISH had served requests for production on DataCamp and that the company would engage in “rolling” document production.

Settlement 136

Settlement Confidentiality Reporting Copyright Infringement 136

TorrentFreak

JULY 3, 2023

The named parties were Soap2Day and a presumed operator of the platform listed only as ‘John Doe’ The plaintiffs immediately sought an interim confidentiality order and on June 7, the Court obliged. Court documents reveal that on June 12, 2023, Exclusive Technologies Inc. In this case, two service providers.

Confidentiality 145

Confidentiality Copyright Infringement Copyright Business 145

Nelligan Law

MARCH 12, 2025

Agreements and Documentation Well-drafted agreements are critical to protecting your interests. Key documents include: Letter of Intent: a non binding agreement outling the broad concept of the transaction and communicating to the other party the initial proposal. Buyers should define clear objectives for the transaction.

Business 59

Business Due Diligence Marketing Marketing 59

TorrentFreak

MAY 15, 2024

In addition to the MariaDB database with DMCA notice information, personal details must also be unredacted in other documents, including support emails. For example, the data is classified as “highly confidential” and should be destroyed 30 days after the proceedings conclude.

Music 122

Music Confidentiality Privacy Copying 122

TorrentFreak

AUGUST 29, 2021

Court Documents Provide a General Background. According to the documents, the module related to the Premier League work is codenamed ‘RedBeard’ The activity appears to start during the week football matches or PPV events take place. They are not the IP addresses of the ISP’s customer’s home internet connections.”

IP 145

IP Confidentiality Reporting Copyright Infringement 145

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. 33/2021 on the Regulation of Labour Relations (UAE Labour Code) and Cabinet Decision No.

Confidentiality 52

Confidentiality Contracts Intellectual Property Business 52

JD Supra Law

JUNE 29, 2023

Addressing protective order violations, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit largely vacated a district court’s sanctions order. The Court explained that sanctions must comply with due process, barring parties from future litigation should be treated as a “death-penalty” sanction and damages calculations require specific factfinding.

Confidentiality 52

Confidentiality Litigation 52

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.

Contracts 93

Contracts Confidentiality Public Domain Licensing 93

Kashishipr

JANUARY 27, 2022

A Non-Disclosure Agreement (abbreviated as NDA) is a legal document signed to safeguard the previously-mentioned sensitive information. What Should an NDA Incorporate Within its Documentation? Therefore, many companies are way too vigilant about protecting their IP assets.

Business 105

Business Confidentiality IP Intellectual Property 105

IPilogue

MARCH 8, 2023

In a privacy breach, legal privilege permits an organization to obtain legal advice about the incident without having to worry that such communications and related documents will be disclosed to others. LifeLabs provided some of the documents but asserted litigation or solicitor-client privilege over others.

Privacy 105

Privacy Confidentiality Litigation Reporting 105

TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The names, emails, and addresses of the subscribers are marked as “highly confidential” and can only be viewed by attorneys acting for the music companies. Unmask Subscribers (agreed order) There’s nothing to suggest that these people will be approached with any claims directly. RIAA’s Letter to BitTorrent Inc.

Music 89

Music Copyright Infringement Copyright Notice Confidentiality 89

IPilogue

JULY 21, 2021

Kok, accessed more than 7,000 Motorola documents prior to joining Chinese rival company, Hytera Communications Corporation Limited (“Hytera Corp.”). assembled a digital two-way radio business largely deploying Motorola’s research and development, such as source code and confidential technical documents. Kok, and G.S Hytera Corp.

Confidentiality 105

Confidentiality Intellectual Property Technology Copyright Law 105

TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 20, 2022

With the orders in hand, a search party was permitted to enter several buildings and search, copy, or remove evidence including any computers and documents that were linked to the alleged offenses. The initial court documents listed the names of several people involved, which likely included aliases. Liable for Copyright Infringement.

Copyright Infringement 137

Copyright Infringement Copyright Copying Confidentiality 137

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.

Confidentiality 52

Confidentiality Contracts Licensing Inventor 52

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.

Intellectual Property 119

Intellectual Property Confidentiality Public Domain Business 119

SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

A quick glance at last week – Madras HC accepts a US District Court’s Letter Rogatory to furnish confidential information, a look at Functional Fallacies in Thomson Reuters vs Ross Intelligence and many more. We also have the initiation of our attempt to bring IP conversations to wider audiences through multilingual writing!

Confidentiality 59

Confidentiality Trademark Copyright Infringement Music 59

IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

has sued a former operations manager for allegedly stealing more than 10,000 confidential documents for his new employer, a direct rival that it has separately litigated against. Sterile laboratory maker AES Clean Technology Inc.

Confidentiality 80

Confidentiality Litigation Technology 80

TorrentFreak

JULY 4, 2024

10: Documents sufficient to identify the expressive, original, and human-authored content of each of Your Asserted Works. 11: Documents sufficient to identify the non-expressive, non-original, or non-human-authored content of each of Your Asserted Works. For example, discovery requests no. 10-12 read as follows: NO.

Copyright 141

Copyright Public Domain Reporting Copyright Infringement 141

The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

After the hearing, the court ordered production of documents ranging from communications between Mr. Hall, Mavexar, and IP Edge to the formation of Nimitz, its assets, its potential scope of liability from obtaining the patent, and the potential settlement of various cases. The district court then issued a memorandum outlining its concerns.

Litigation 98

Litigation Patent Confidentiality Settlement 98

SpicyIP

JANUARY 27, 2024

The application seeking the interim relief was filed by UTIITSL who has been an authorized service provider since 2003 for processing PAN and related services like issuance of documents such as Aadhar Card, Voter ID, driving license, etc.

Confidentiality 105

Confidentiality Trademark Law Licensing Trademark 105