SpicyIP

JANUARY 25, 2024

The dispute also raised a substantive question of law concerning SEP litigation- can a court determine a global FRAND rate, regardless of ongoing trials in other jurisdictions?

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IPilogue

MAY 17, 2022

Meena Alnajar is an IPilogue Senior Editor, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. However, when that secret is lost by insiders who had a duty of confidence, how can the law step in to help? Therefore, the most important element of a trade secret is that it is kept secret.

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IP Law 360

JULY 2, 2024

says an intellectual property law firm and a Chinese litigation funder used its confidential information without permission to help Staton Techiya LLC assert patent infringement allegations, telling a Texas federal judge that the conduct demonstrated why the court should add the other companies to Samsung's suit.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Legal regimes are shifting, including in the intellectual property world as businesses increasingly seek the protection of trade secrets rather than patents to secure their confidential information. When the Defend Trade Secrets Act was passed in 2016, trade secret litigation skyrocketed, increasing more than 25 percent in a single year.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 3, 2021

An award of nominal damages for breach of an NDA may be important for companies seeking to protect confidential information and trade secrets for two reasons: (1) this may give rise to an award of litigation costs, and (2) may also support a permanent injunction ruling preventing the former employee.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 25, 2023

Richard de Almeida is a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Heading into the program, I had one main goal: to know what it’s like to truly practice law. Frankly, after two years in law school, I feel like I know the general schema of academically learning any new type of law.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 9, 2022

Here, the relevant confidentiality agreement included a forum selection clause to govern patent and other intellectual property disputes between the parties, which stated in relevant part: [T]he Parties agree that all Potential Actions arising under U.S. The Federal Circuit disagreed.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 2, 2021

A settlement agreement was reached where Elation could inspect the software developed by Shi and prevent the use of any trade secrets or confidential information. Elation is an important decision for California companies suing to recover and prevent the use of confidential information in violation of confidentiality agreements or NDAs.

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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. According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) , “trade secrets are intellectual property rights on confidential information which may be sold or licensed.”

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JD Supra Law

MAY 20, 2024

In keeping with precedent, a judge in the District of Delaware issued an oral order restricting the extent of permissible activities for litigation counsel before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

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IPilogue

MARCH 8, 2023

Sally Yoon is an IPilogue Writer and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. This article was originally published on the OBA’s Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law Section’s articles page. This situation is exacerbated by the risk of litigation, as lawsuits are a legitimate consequence of a privacy breach.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 18, 2025

For in-house counsel, managing these intangible assets is a responsibility that goes far beyond simply ensuring confidentiality. They are the hidden formulas, proprietary processes, and specialized know-how that give companies their unique edge over rivals. By: Hicks Johnson

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 24, 2024

The rule broadly prohibits any person from taking any action to prevent an individual from contacting the SEC directly to report a possible securities law. Another SEC official also commented that “[t]hose drafting or using confidentiality agreements need to ensure that they do not include provisions that impede potential whistleblowers.”

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The IPKat

AUGUST 29, 2021

Last week, China passed the Personal Information Protection Law, a top-level comprehensive data protection law with noticeable parts compatible with the GDPR. Interest in a law to protect personal information began 2003 , when the Information Technology Office of the State Council officially launched legislative research.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 28, 2022

On appeal from a dismissal based on a failure to state a claim for misappropriation of trade secrets, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted the litigants’ motion to seal their briefs and file publicly available redacted versions in order to protect the confidentiality of the appellant’s alleged trade secrets.

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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. ” See In re Nat’l Prescription Opiate Litig. ,

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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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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Nelligan Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Understanding the legal foundations of governance is critical to ensuring the organization operates smoothly and within the law. There is also a substantial body of case law in which courts have elaborated on the duties of directors and officers and the rights of shareholders or members to hold them accountable. What Is Governance?

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

In some countries, trade secrets were protected as an IP right under specific legislation, in others protection stemmed solely from case-law and in yet others such information was protected under competition law. The EUIPO published The Baseline of Trade Secrets Litigation in the EU Member States in 2018. Not anymore!”

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Trade secrets in the United States have a fascinating history, during which courts shaped the common law tort as a way to enforce confidential relationships. Nevertheless, the law continues to evolve much as it did a century ago—that is, through the opinions of judges deciding individual cases on their facts.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 23, 2022

After six years of litigation, LinkedIn Corp. reached a confidential settlement agreement and filed a stipulation and proposed consent judgment (stipulation) with the California district court on December 6, 2022. and hiQ Labs, Inc.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The following guest post comes from Berkeley Law Professor Peter S. DTSA fully opened the federal courts to trade secret litigation as well as added several new features, including an ex parte seizure remedy and whistleblower immunity. The following is an introduction and request for comments. – D.C.

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IP Tech Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

This will help avoid surprises from the application of unfamiliar Chinese laws and regulations. Employment or cooperation agreements must ensure confidentiality and include proper non-compete-clauses to avoid risk of theft by employees or other unauthorized parties.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

However, some issues owing to their subject matter, may not be arbitrable, and it may even be argued that some disputes cannot be resolved through arbitration and that litigation is the only option. Both parties are prohibited from using their domestic litigation benefits. The Drawbacks of Using ADR ADR is not without its flaws.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Since the first edition of this outline was published in 2009 and the second and third editions were published in 2014 and 2017, Illinois case law addressing the protection of confidential and trade secret information has continued to develop, especially with the advent of the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Activision vs. Call of Duty Cheat-Makers Activision is among several companies leveraging copyright law to send a message to cheat-makers. “Generally speaking, non-attorney litigants are less like to be victorious than those assisted by counsel. “The Court is a neutral adjudicator of the law.

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Olartemoure Blog

JUNE 26, 2024

They study past, present, and future trends in branding, covering both the philosophy and economics of trademarks and their interaction with other intellectual property rights and issues such as consumer law, unfair competition, copyright, antitrust, and entertainment. Pava and J. Felipe Acosta, were present.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 9, 2023

Meena Alnajar is an IPilogue Senior Editor, an IP Innovation Clinic Senior Fellow, and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. This term, I had the amazing opportunity to work at AstraZeneca Canada through Osgoode’s Intellectual Property Law and Technology Intensive Program placement.

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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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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? Additionally, attorneys who violate a protective order jeopardize their license to practice law. Protective orders are court orders.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 29, 2023

The case was then referred back to the Federal Court with two questions: was a reverse class action the preferable procedure in this case, and did Voltage have a workable litigation plan? “Another major advantage of a reverse class proceeding is that any settlement must be approved by the Court.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 26, 2022

“This growth dramatically increases ACE’s global network, including key partnerships with local law enforcement and other authorities, and its ability to shut down illegal piracy operations around the world,” Van Voorn tells us. Collaborating with Governments and Law Enforcement. ” Some of ACE’s Members.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 16, 2025

Woodall testified that he had shared his Bucky materials with his brother-in-law’s stepsister, Jenny Marchick, who at the time was an assistant at Mandeville Films. For those cases, prioritizing access early would save both parties and the courts from years of unnecessary litigation built on conjecture.

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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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SpicyIP

JANUARY 18, 2023

And Other Connected Cases while deciding on a litany of 9 litigations. Among other issues, the Court dealt with the question of, whether “ Publishers of judgments, like Indian Kanoon, and other law journals, have no right to publish the details of parties ignoring the privacy rights of litigants which includes their right to be forgotten.”

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Most asserted design patents are invalidated in litigation. Most litigated design patents are not found infringed. The Lindgren study contributed to all three claims, whereas the USPTO and Walter studies contributed mainly to the second claim—regarding frequent invalidation during litigation. Defending Design Patents.

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