The IPKat

MARCH 25, 2025

For its opposition grounds based on sections 3(6) and 5(4)(b) TMA, GAP relied on a confidential settlement agreement (the Agreement) entered into between TfL and GAP in 2004, which GAP alleged would be breached both by the filing of the Application and the use of the Mark.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 20, 2023

The Board sent shockwaves through employment law in its February 21, 2023, decision in McLaren Macomb , which held that simply offering a draft settlement agreement with broad confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions violated the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). Are those impacted by this decision?

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

said they reached a confidential yet partial settlement Friday in their dispute covering intellectual property for a Natera DNA test meant to detect cancer. Natera Inc. and Neogenomics Laboratories Inc.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 4, 2024

Houston-based intellectual property law firm Lloyd & Mousilli PLLC and a former law clerk accused of stealing confidential information while working virtually from California reached a settlement in a lawsuit brought by the firm in a Texas federal court.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Confidential agreements with domain registrars and registries, for example, help to efficiently take down domain names. Government’s National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center. Interestingly, ACE has collected some large damages payments through its legal actions and many confidential settlements too.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 25, 2023

This semester, as part of Osgoode’s Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program, I had the pleasure of participating in a 10-week internship at Teva Canada (“Teva”), a (mainly) generics pharmaceutical company, and it was the highlight of my tenure thus far at Osgoode. I participated in a settlement negotiation.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 16, 2023

On August 7, 2023, Formycon AG and Fresenius Kabi announced that they have reached a settlement with Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) in the United States relating to FYB202, a proposed ustekinumab biosimilar to STELARA®, marketed by J&J. Economic terms of the settlement were not disclosed in the press release.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Law Protection: An Imperative for Prosperity of Rural Poor and Their Settlement” by V. Period 2 (07:31 PM-09:00 PM): “Alternative Dispute Resolution in Intellectual Property Rights: The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center” by Dr. Eleftheria Papadimitriou, Lawyer, Mediator, Trainer, ODR System Designer, Greece. Disadvantages-.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Gayduchenko agrees that judgment shall be entered against him “in the amount of two million dollars ($2,000,000), to be due and payable solely pursuant to the terms set forth in the Parties’ Confidential Settlement Agreement and Release.”

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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.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 30, 2023

It has been reported that Celltrion has finalized a settlement with Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) in the United States relating to CT-P43, Celltrion’s ustekinumab biosimilar to J&J’s STELARA®, which would permit Celltrion to launch the product in the U.S. market on March 7, 2025, if approved by FDA.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Bungie previously won several lawsuits against cheaters, either by default or through confidential settlements, but AimJunkies assigns little value to these achievements. According to the cheat seller, it’s first to take a stand and fight the issue on the merits.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

This landmark legislation, modeled on the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, elevated and expanded trade secret law’s role in the federal intellectual property system. It also parallels and differs from other types of intellectual property—patent, copyright, and trademark—litigation.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

The party must identify the third-party funder and whether the third-party funder has the right to approve litigation or settlement decisions. 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.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

It generally amounts to more than 50% of the total settlement recovery, acknowledging, at least by basic math, that they are the primary beneficiary of the litigation.). 7, 2021) (demonstrating fund success at a reported 20%); Tecumseh Alternatives, LLC, Intellectual Property Fund (May 2022) (slightly less).

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In 2017, Life Spine entered into various agreements with Aegis by which Aegis would sell and distribute ProLift devices while maintaining as confidential all proprietary information related to the devices. Aegis is a medical device manufacturer and distributor headquartered in California.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

However, commonly overlooked is the fact that the underlying image or media fragment in a meme is someone’s intellectual property, and thus subject to potential legal implications if used improperly. Often, memes transform and grow as viewers and sharers add new, individualized glosses to the underlying media. Warner Bros.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Discovery in patent cases often requires parties to produce confidential technical, business, and financial information. How do stipulated protective orders protect confidential information? What types of restrictions do stipulated protective orders impose on the disclosure and use of confidential information?

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 13, 2023

Patent trolls leverage the litigation system to negotiate settlements for less than the cost of defending against a lawsuit. Patent trolls normally prefer to keep their operations as confidential as possible, as I wrote about in connection with the District of Delaware. .” How can you tell? ” Presidio Components, Inc.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Lenz case got a lot of press, but it ended with a confidential settlement. As a double-insult, 512(f) preempts related state law claims over abusive takedown notices, so it actually leaves victims worse off than if 512(f) didn’t exist by clearing out the field. Signal 23 Television v.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

As our blog has demonstrated time and again, aggressive, and immediate action is necessary in these situations and typically once the gauntlet is thrown down, settlement is difficult. From a general standpoint there are two sweet spots that appear in these types of cases when settlement has a shot. Mediation is a fair process.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 5, 2022

botulinum and related highly confidential manufacturing documents,” to develop Hugel’s product. After the ITC’s final determination, the parties announced that they had entered a settlement agreement whereby Evolus agreed to pay milestone and royalty payments to AbbVie and Medytox. inventories.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The first chapter sets the legal framework governing trade mark disputes at UK, EU and international level and addresses the role of judgements and precedent from domestic courts, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Intellectual Property Office and foreign tribunals.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

An employee had an agreement with a company that placed restrictions on the employee’s ability to solicit or accept business from the company’s customers, to disclose confidential information, and to have competitive employment during the term of employment.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2024

at a future date “[i]n accordance with [Fresenius Kabi’s] patent settlement agreement with Genentech” under which Fresenius Kabi has a license to market its tocilizumab products in the U.S. starting at confidential license dates. TYENNE will be available in the U.S.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 5, 2023

The party must identify the third-party funder and whether the third-party funder has the right to approve litigation or settlement decisions. 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.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Settlement agreements are typically confidential so the exact arrangement is unclear. Obviously, that would violate the provisions of the licensing agreement entered into by the parties as part of the settlement. So what happened? But what we do know is Sockeye cannot sue a defendant for activity that is already licensed.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Artech, a staffing company specializing in placement for IT staff and project services, was the victim of a ransomware attack in January 2020 that resulted in unauthorized access to confidential information concerning about 30,000 current and former employees.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 4, 2021

The parties were in the midst of fact discovery when they entered into a confidential settlement agreement. According to J&J , “The U.S. competition-based model is working. ” And according to Pfizer , “Pfizer has begun to see progress in the overall biosimilars marketplace in the U.S.,”

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 18, 2023

8] However, the court balanced these rights against the long-standing prohibition on an attorney acting adversely to a current client or a former client in the same or a substantially related matter, part of an attorney’s obligations to preserve client confidentiality. [9]

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

The first application for a blockchain patent was submitted by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China with China’s State Intellectual Property Office in November 2017. An opt-in scheme could address the confidentiality concerns of IP owners. However, are the blockchain technologies really patentable?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

The first application for a blockchain patent was submitted by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China with China’s State Intellectual Property Office in November 2017. An opt-in scheme could address the confidentiality concerns of IP owners. However, are the blockchain technologies really patentable?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

The first application for a blockchain patent was submitted by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China with China’s State Intellectual Property Office in November 2017. An opt-in scheme could address the confidentiality concerns of IP owners. However, are the blockchain technologies really patentable?

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

No earlier than July 31, 2023 per settlement. No earlier than November 20, 2023 per settlement. . No earlier than June 30, 2023 per settlement. No earlier than September 30, 2023 per settlement. No earlier than July 1, 2023 per settlement. No earlier than January 31, 2023 per settlement. January 2021.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 3, 2023

This decision indicates that an SEP owner sometimes might need to provide information to a prospective licensee (under a confidentiality agreement), although that may not be necessary for an experienced licensee who can consult existing patent licenses they have entered with others. non-discriminatory] part of FRAND).

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SpicyIP

MARCH 11, 2024

In addition to the permanent injunction, the Court imposed damages worth INR 15 Lakhs in favor of the plaintiff, relying on an earlier settlement between the parties, a plethora of precedents, and Rule 20 of the IPD Rules. Since the defendant did not appear nor they filed any written statement, the suit proceeded ex-parte.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Any trade secrets enclosed in product data must only be disclosed where the data holder and the user take “ all necessary measures ” to preserve their confidentiality. Users and data holders may contractually restrict accessing or sharing data with users if such processing could undermine security requirements.

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