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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Confidentiality Cease and Desist Government Reporting 122

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 ”).

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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.

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Confidentiality Business Law Blogging 115

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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Confidentiality Intellectual Property IP Invention 52

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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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.

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Reporting Confidentiality Copyright Copyright Infringement 145

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 (..)

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Confidentiality Business 74

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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Confidentiality Patent Business Patent Infringement 114

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.

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Confidentiality Licensing Technology Patent 59

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.

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Confidentiality Contracts Intellectual Property Business 52

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.

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Settlement Confidentiality Reporting Copyright Infringement 137

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.

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Music Confidentiality Privacy Copying 126

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.”

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IP Confidentiality Reporting Copyright Infringement 145

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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Contracts Confidentiality Public Domain Licensing 93

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

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.

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Business Confidentiality IP Intellectual Property 105

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.

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Confidentiality Trademark Law Licensing Trademark 105

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.

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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.

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Copyright Infringement Copyright Copying Confidentiality 138

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.

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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.

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Intellectual Property Confidentiality Public Domain Business 119

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.

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Copyright Public Domain Copyright Infringement Reporting 141

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.

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Confidentiality Litigation Technology 80

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.

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Litigation Patent Confidentiality Settlement 98

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 11, 2024

According to court documents, Valcrum has developed a reputation for innovative hubcaps designed for 8,000-16,000-pound trailer axles. Additionally, Valcrum contends that Dexter breached a Mutual Nondisclosure Agreement (NDA) by allegedly using confidential information, such as Valcrum’s customer list, to its advantage.

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Confidentiality Designs Design Copying 93

IP Law 360

MARCH 15, 2023

Former Proskauer Rose LLP Chief Operating Officer Jonathan O'Brien asked a New York federal judge on Tuesday to throw out trade secret misappropriation and conversion claims from a suit accusing him of stealing Proskauer's confidential information, arguing that the firm has not shown that he used the secret documents he allegedly copied.

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Confidentiality Copying 81

Patently-O

JUNE 28, 2022

The Wisconsin case was subject to a confidentiality agreement/order. Lee wanted to send some confidential case documents to Hecht. But, before doing so, first had Hecht sign the confidentiality agreement. ” I.e., confidential disclosures in Static v. Leader could only be used for Static v. ” Slip Op.

Confidentiality 75

Confidentiality Designs Design Licensing 75

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. The terms of the settlement agreement with Tusa are redacted from court documents but the Judge accepts that while the studios upheld their side of the deal, Tusa did not.

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Settlement Copyright Infringement Confidentiality Copyright 143

IP Law 360

MAY 31, 2023

Abbott Laboratories has accused a former nutrition scientist of taking thousands of confidential documents with him when he left the company, claiming that he's now hawking those trade secrets to Abbott's competitors, according to a suit filed in Illinois federal court.

Confidentiality 75

Confidentiality 75

IP Law 360

APRIL 8, 2022

Increasingly, congressional investigators seek out private parties' confidential documents from the federal agencies that regulate them — and because Congress is uniquely empowered to override nondisclosure protections surrounding nonpublic information, companies must understand the rules and risks involved, say attorneys at Covington.

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Confidentiality 75

TorrentFreak

JULY 8, 2022

In a joint submission both parties acknowledged that the court would have to publish its decisions but specifically requested that the agreements (and in particular their ‘operating methodology’) should remain confidential. There are other terms too but none that make much sense without seeing all of the undisclosed documentation.

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Intellectual Property Music IP Reporting 142

IP Law 360

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The Federal Circuit refused Thursday to make a Delaware federal judge nix his probe into who is funding a patent owner's infringement litigation against Buzzfeed, Bloomberg and other media companies over content streaming technology, finding that a writ of mandamus is not the only pathway to protect confidential documents.

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Confidentiality Patent Litigation Technology 75

TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Through the MPA, Columbia Pictures requested that certain sensitive documents should be sealed indefinitely. Many of the unsealed documents are heavily redacted and according to the court, these redactions will stay in place. After the lawsuit ended, several movie studios asked the court to keep sensitive records under seal.

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Confidentiality Public Domain Copying Copyright 98

TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

These two defendants haven’t been found liable for any offenses by the court and since the details of the settlement are confidential, the question of whether anything will be paid is open to speculation. Documents including the proposed judgment and injunction are available here ( 1 , 2 , 3 ).

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Settlement Cease and Desist Confidentiality Derivative Work 135

SpicyIP

JULY 5, 2021

application of Section 8(1)(d) by the CIC and argues that the thesis is a public document as per UGC guidelines which cannot be withheld from the public. University’s duty to disclose a thesis – a Public document. Thus, it is clear that the PhD thesis is a public document by both JMI’s Ordinance and the UGC Act and regulations.

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Patent Application Invention Confidentiality Copyright Law 131

SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In an interesting development, the CIC recently rejected an RTI application concerning information on IPRS’ compliance with the Copyright Act, upholding privacy for private organizations and confidentiality of inquiry reports that have not been tabled in front of the Parliament. Screenshot of Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act.

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