IP Law 360

APRIL 3, 2025

In light of a recent case in the Southern District of New York involving the dissemination of AI-generated content containing confidential information, there are steps that law firms and lawyers should take to protect client and third-party data during litigation, say attorneys at Steptoe.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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Trading Secrets

APRIL 20, 2022

Mr. Matlock personally prepared the waffles using his confidential recipe, which were later delivered to Oprah by Eastern Standard. Burgundian alleges that Eastern Standard abruptly terminated the parties’ relationship and threatened litigation against Burgundian.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT hold potential to streamline various aspects of the litigation process, resulting in improved efficiency and outcomes, but should be carefully double-checked for confidentiality, plagiarism and accuracy concerns, say Zachary Foster and Melanie Kalmanson at Quarles & Brady.

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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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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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SpicyIP

JUNE 19, 2024

The disclosures have been directed to be made within four weeks and included in the confidentiality club to ensure the protection of sensitive information. Both parties requested the establishment of a confidentiality club to protect sensitive information disclosed during the trial, to which the DHC agreed.

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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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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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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

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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IPilogue

MAY 17, 2022

Trade secrets require elements such as: value (economic/industrial), that it is kept secret, and that there are reasonable measures in place to keep it confidential. Once disclosed, the trade secret loses its necessary quality of confidence that makes it confidential and valuable to a business.

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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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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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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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IPilogue

MARCH 8, 2023

This situation is exacerbated by the risk of litigation, as lawsuits are a legitimate consequence of a privacy breach. Ongoing activity in the privacy breach litigation space calls for organizations to re-examine their privilege strategies and prepare for potential scrutiny that may occur in the event of a dispute.

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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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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 24, 2024

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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IP Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2022

Circuit Judge Jimmie Reyna authored a brief dissent from the majority opinion, arguing that Leader’s disclosure of certain confidential information with another company sued by Static for the development of a joint defense strategy was a violation of the district court’s protective order.

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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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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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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The judge’s full findings won’t be public for a couple of weeks, to enable both sides to redact confidential business information. ITC Judge MaryJoan McNamara said SharkNinja infringed two of four asserted iRobot patents, according to a notice posted last week on the agency’s electronic docket.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The EUIPO published The Baseline of Trade Secrets Litigation in the EU Member States in 2018. On 28 June 2023, the EUPIO published the follow-up report , Trade Secret Litigation Trends In The EU , focusing on trends in trade secrets litigation since the implementation of the Directive.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 15, 2022

“The transcript contains information and reference to MarkMonitor’s source code that is private, proprietary, confidential and commercially sensitive trade secret information regarding its antipiracy detection system,” MarkMonitor writes. Accordingly, this exhibit should be destroyed or permanently sealed.”

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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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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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Trading Secrets

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

In this fifth installment of our 2021 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, our experienced team will cover trade secret/confidentiality, non-compete and restrictive covenant issues that typically arise in M&A transactions. Ensuring confidentiality and trade secret protection throughout the deal. to 11:00 a.m. REGISTER HERE.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 25, 2023

Within minutes of working there, I was already growing in my legal development from being academically into practically trained as I learned about my supervisor’s door policy, to protect Teva’s confidentiality in all dealings. As obvious as it sounds in hindsight, his door policy really opened my eyes. In practice, these two are connected.

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Copyright Lately

MARCH 16, 2025

Woodalls credibility took a further hit on cross-examination when it emerged that, after filing the lawsuit, he had backdated and printed Marchicks name on a confidentiality agreement to bolster his claims. Both Marchick and Buena Vistas handwriting expert testified that the signature on the agreement wasnt hers.

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Stock Legal Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

You’ve just been served with a lawsuit and discovery requests for all of your company’s financials, internal correspondence, and confidential trade secrets, what do you do?

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 7, 2024

Seyfarth’s Commercial Litigation practice group is pleased to present the fourth annual installment of the Commercial Litigation Outlook, which provides insights on litigation issues and trends to expect in 2024. Register for the 2024 Commercial Litigation Outlook Webinar Series Dates and details are below.

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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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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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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 5, 2023

Do defendants and the court have the right to ask who is funding a particular patent litigation? ” The second standing order applies when third-party persons or entities are “funding [] some or all of the party’s attorney fees and/or expenses to litigate [the] action.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The filing described the filmmakers as “opportunistic litigants” that rely on “unsupported” liability theories. Both parties agreed on a confidential settlement agreement. The hosting company fired back at this complaint. In July, it filed a motion to dismiss the case for failure to state a claim. “Pursuant to 17 U.S.C.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 10, 2023

What typically follows are months of litigation followed by an announcement that there will be no trial because, against all odds, the parties have agreed to settle their differences after confidential negotiations. ” No surprise that DataCamp sees things rather differently.

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