Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2023

This is another lawsuit between personal injury law firms over competitive keyword ads. The plaintiff is Nicolet Law, based in Hudson, Wisconsin with 14 offices in Wisconsin and Minnesota. However, note that Nicolet Law, a surname, isn’t registered with the USPTO and there may be questions about its secondary meaning.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 26, 2022

over a fatal rollover collision shines a light on an alleged defect that previously has resulted in confidential settlements. But the award may not stick, attorneys told Law360, especially if a Georgia law prompts a post-trial settlement. A Georgia jury's $1.7 billion punitive damages verdict against Ford Motor Co.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The alleged operator was tracked down by ACE and agreed to a settlement deal. As part of this confidential agreement, the domain names were signed over to ACE. The person has cooperated, and details of the settlement remain confidential.” were operated by the same person, a Moroccan resident.

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Trading Secrets

AUGUST 17, 2022

And, at the federal level, Congress enacted the Defend Trade Secrets Act, which provides immunity for the disclosure of a trade secret if made in confidence to an attorney or government official for the purpose of investigating a suspected violation of law. with respect to such communications.”.

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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.

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Trading Secrets

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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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 24, 2024

Morgan Securities, LLC (“JPMS”) for allegedly including overbroad release provisions in settlement agreements. 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. with respect to such communications.”

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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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JD Supra Law

MAY 8, 2024

While most of the settlement terms are confidential, it is significant as one of the first resolutions of a case involving these issues. The special – “I’m Glad I’m Dead” – sought to reflect how Carlin would have commented on current events since his death in 2008. By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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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. The jury also found Shi breached the settlement agreement. Luke Bickel is a law clerk in Sheppard Mullin’s San Diego (Del Mar) office.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 29, 2024

A former Littler Mendelson PC lawyer has dropped her California state court lawsuit against the firm that alleged it had violated a settlement inked in a suit the firm filed in Texas state court accusing the attorney of stealing confidential information, wrapping up the dispute between the former associate and the firm.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 24, 2024

Morgan Securities, LLC (“JPMS”) for allegedly including overbroad release provisions in settlement agreements. 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. with respect to such communications.”

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IP Law 360

JULY 15, 2024

asked an Ohio federal judge to recuse himself from a trade secrets suit brought by a Cleveland technology firm accusing it of misappropriating confidential information to recreate the firm's copyrighted software after the tech company showed the court a settlement offer without Dow Chemical's approval. The Dow Chemical Co.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 9, 2024

Apple has reached settlements with six former engineers it accused of stealing trade secrets and sharing them with startup chipmaker Rivos Inc., deals in which the engineers agreed to delete or return to Apple confidential information in their possession, according to notices filed in California federal court.

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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

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

JULY 11, 2024

These deals often seem too good to be true and in most cases they are; at least for those who prefer to stay on the right side of the law. The man also agreed to pay an undisclosed settlement fee and 7,500 euros per day if any future infringements occur. In Europe, Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN is at the forefront of the battle.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 23, 2022

reached a confidential settlement agreement and filed a stipulation and proposed consent judgment (stipulation) with the California district court on December 6, 2022. Following up on our April 27, 2022 post, Data Scraping Deemed Legal in Certain Circumstances, the most significant data scraping lawsuit has finally come to an end.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

.” In other words, they sought to establish (using centuries-old chattel-based theft doctrines rather than trademark law) that a trademark owner has the unrestricted right to shut down anyone using their trademarks, even if no consumers are harmed. to see if it could find some soft spot in Georgia state law. They could not.

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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. As per the settlement, the defendants paid 6,50,000/- to the plaintiff.

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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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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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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Highlights of the Week Cheroots to Cheers or Bringing IP Conversations to Wider Audiences: A SpicyIP Initiative for Vernacular Dissemination ‘De-code Indian Intellectual Property Law’ – For who? As per the settlement, the defendants paid 6,50,000/- to the plaintiff.

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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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TorrentFreak

JUNE 29, 2023

By contrast, individual applications, including those commenced against multiple respondents, will require identification of each respondent by name unless the Court grants a confidentiality order. “Another major advantage of a reverse class proceeding is that any settlement must be approved by the Court.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 9, 2022

Netflix and Dark Horse Comics have reached a confidential settlement with an artist to resolve a copyright lawsuit over a fishbowl-headed character in "The Umbrella Academy" TV series, according to a filing Wednesday in Texas federal court.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

DuPont, Chemours and Corteva slapped Rome, Georgia, and two publications with a complaint seeking to keep private the terms of a settlement reached in June resolving the alleged discharge of toxic "forever chemicals" in the city's drinking water, saying making the deal public could reveal their confidential trade secrets.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 13, 2022

Two vape companies have reached a confidential settlement to resolve claims that the owner of a rival vape maker infringed on their patent, after the Federal Circuit partially reversed a 2019 verdict against the rival company.

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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2021

1-800 Contacts. * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. BPI. * Another Murky Opinion on Lawyers Buying Keyword Ads on Other Lawyers’ Names–In re Naert. * Keyword Ad Lawsuit Isn’t Covered By California’s Anti-SLAPP Law. * Confusion From Competitive Keyword Advertising?

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Nelligan Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In the realm of tattoo artistry, the tango between creativity and copyright law is a delicate affair, riddled with complexities and nuances. Copyright law confers creators exclusive rights to their original works, encompassing the right to reproduce, distribute, and showcase their creations. Victor Whitmill vs. Warner Bros.

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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. “The Court is a neutral adjudicator of the law. The role of the judge is to resolve disputes arising between the parties in accordance with the law.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 26, 2022

1-800 Contacts. * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. BPI. * Another Murky Opinion on Lawyers Buying Keyword Ads on Other Lawyers’ Names–In re Naert. * Keyword Ad Lawsuit Isn’t Covered By California’s Anti-SLAPP Law. * Confusion From Competitive Keyword Advertising?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

1-800 Contacts. * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. BPI. * Another Murky Opinion on Lawyers Buying Keyword Ads on Other Lawyers’ Names–In re Naert. * Keyword Ad Lawsuit Isn’t Covered By California’s Anti-SLAPP Law. * Confusion From Competitive Keyword Advertising?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 8, 2024

Brown Engstrand * More on Law Firms and Competitive Keyword Ads–Nicolet Law v. 1-800 Contacts * FTC Explains Why It Thinks 1-800 Contacts’ Keyword Ad Settlements Were Anti-Competitive–FTC v. OxBlue * Want To Know Amazon’s Confidential Settlement Terms For A Keyword Advertising Lawsuit?

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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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2022

The record may likewise show that consumers sometimes mistakenly seek to redeem vouchers for other skydiving companies with LVSA… as a matter of law, a reasonably prudent consumer in this marketplace is unlikely to be confused as to the origin of the service offered. Case citation : Las Vegas Skydiving Adventures LLC v. Groupon, Inc.

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