LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 28, 2021

data privacy : what businesses NEED TO know. Keeping pace with the state of data privacy and data privacy regulations is becoming a pressing responsibility for businesses in the digital age. Data privacy legislation is on the rise, with jurisdictions adopting stricter protective measures on a national and global front.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2022

Plaintiff, Tori Belle Cosmetics LLC (“Belle Cosmetics”), sells its cosmetics and false eyelashes through a network of salespeople, allowing each salesperson to earn a portion of any revenue generated by any salespeople they recruit to join their sales network, i.e., a multi-level marketing business. The court disagreed.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Second, once minors are segregated: social media companies must “set default privacy settings to prioritize maximum privacy” (giving specific examples of regulated settings), and parental consent is required to make any adjustments to those settings. And as expected, the court indeed enjoined the law on First Amendment grounds.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In our latest Privacy and Security Roundup , we cover the Senate-passed bill that includes nearly $2 billion in national cybersecurity funding, recent sanctions by the SEC on investment advisors and broker-dealers, a new initiative that aims to improve defense planning and information sharing between the public and private sectors, and more.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

For trademarks, a good place to start is the company’s marketing and promotional materials, website, mobile app, and social media. In addition to regularly reviewing IP assets, a company should regularly make sure that its privacy and data use policies comport with the manner in which it collects and uses customer and employee data.

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IP.com

DECEMBER 1, 2024

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Real data is hard to come by and expensive to label; using synthetic data instead is not only cheaper but also promises to sidestep the thorny issues of privacy and copyright infringement (see Lee 2024 ). Even synthetic data that comes with privacy guarantees is necessarily a distorted version of the real data.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

Bright Data claims that it was using its Facebook and Instagram accounts for marketing purposes and was never logged in to its accounts when scraping. 2d at 804 (determining that a confidentiality clause without “a durational limitation” was void and unenforceable, except as to trade secret restrictions). See Nissen, 120 Cal.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MAY 1, 2022

Included in a standard AUP are clauses specifying the purpose and scope of the policy, the user’s rights and responsibilities, acceptable uses, prohibited uses, and privacy standards. For example, creative teams and marketing teams may need greater access to certain social media websites to look for trends. What is covered in an AUP?

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 21, 2023

The rules for using AI technology under an enterprise license are likely more permissive than those for consumer-facing AI tools, as the former will likely have broader confidentiality and indemnity protections than the latter. First, the default rule should be that no confidential or personal information is included in any prompts.

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Intepat

JULY 4, 2024

Additionally, it also provides for measures that remedy those risks and deals with the issue of confidentiality and national security. AI utilizes qualitative data, such as consumer preferences and purchase behavior, to evaluate market circumstances.

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Trading Secrets

JUNE 28, 2022

The new policy highlights the DOJ’s goal to promote privacy and cybersecurity by upholding the legal rights of individuals and network owners to ensure confidentiality and availability of information stored in their information systems. the defendant’s conduct consisted of good-faith security research.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 1, 2022

alleging a pizza franchisee failed to maintain the confidentiality of Texas pizza chain CiCi Enterprises LP’s trade secrets after two affiliates inked a development deal with competitor, Papa John’s. A judge in the Northern District of Texas recently declined to dismiss a lawsuit, CiCi Enterprises LP et al. Mucho Pizza, LLC et al.

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SpicyIP

JULY 11, 2021

Moreover, with several royalty-free licenses provided by Eli Lilly to ramp up local manufacture, the availability of the drug in the market is likely to have risen and it is all the more difficult to argue that the patent has not been worked. Call for Internship: DPIIT- IPR Chair at Gujarat National Law University [Apply by July 20].

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Life Spine contracted with Defendant Aegis Spine to distribute the device only to medical facilities nationwide and to keep Life Spine’s confidential information secret and use the confidential information only in furtherance of the business relationship.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

ABL alleged that Zolezzi misappropriated more than 90 confidential and proprietary files. The files included ABL’s detailed business plans and documents disclosing ABL’s scientific testing results, experimental designs, patent applications, formulations, manufacturing processes, and marketing strategies.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 2, 2023

Those who needed to know then had to sign a separate confidentiality agreement. UAC also claimed that Alcoa's efforts to maintain information as confidential were flawed, arguing that it had stamped 20-year old documents as proprietary weeks before suing.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 30, 2021

Among the trade secrets alleged to have been misappropriated are “the precise dimensions and measurements of the ProLift components and subcomponents and their interconnectivity” A key fact in dispute was whether those precise specifications could be obtained by third parties without first signing confidentiality agreements.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Even though traditional banks continue to command the financial market by offering standard operations such as payments, deposits, and credit; they need to understand that now, they are not the only players. With the size of such a market, there is always a high possibility of intellectual stealing in order to maximize profit.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

For trademarks, a good place to start is the company’s marketing and promotional materials, website, mobile app, and social media. In addition to regularly reviewing IP assets, a company should regularly make sure that its privacy and data use policies comport with the manner in which it collects and uses customer and employee data.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2021

With tightening labor markets and the increasing mobility of healthcare workers, including physicians, now is a good time to revisit non-compete agreements to ensure they are enforceable. These interests include business good will, trade secrets, or other confidential and proprietary information.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 15, 2023

Strengthened Data Protection and Privacy: The law aligns data protection and privacy regulations with international standards, ensuring the secure handling of sensitive information. It follows international arbitration standards and facilitates arbitration proceedings that are efficient, confidential, and enforceable globally.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 11, 2023

Third, there are potential confidentiality issues to consider. Allowing a third party such as OpenAI to have access to otherwise protected information without a confidentiality agreement in place could constitute a “public disclosure” and risk the loss of protection for the disclosed information. [5]

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43(B)log

AUGUST 17, 2021

provides data collection and maintenance software solutions for administration, fundraising, marketing, and analytics to social good entities such as non-profit organizations, foundations, educational institutions, faith communities, and healthcare organizations.” Ramirez gets further assimilated into the law. Blackbaud (good name!)

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 13, 2021

2021) arose in the context of the “ferociously competitive market for baking supplies,” particularly “release agents” used in industrial baking to ensure that baked goods easily release from baking pans. The dispute in Mallet & Co. Lacayo , 16 F.4th 4th 364 (3d Cir. According to plaintiff Mallet & Co.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

. (“Archer”) is one of the companies seeking to capitalize on the budding market for these vehicles, and is a relative newcomer in the industry. alleging that Archer misappropriated numerous trade secrets in its quest to bring a viable aircraft to market on an accelerated timetable. § 1836 et seq. ,

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Speaking of this topic, I can’t miss Bedaquiline , the first new drug to receive approval to treat tuberculosis (TB) in over 40 years, which raised serious questions about its marketing approval without mandatory Phase III clinical trials in India and around informed consent of Indian patients. Corruption in IP Offices, Anything New?

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LexBlog IP

MAY 3, 2022

Specifically, Dairy alleged that its “software includes and implements a methodology for handling [Federal Milk Marketing Order] pooling that is unique in the industry and is Dairy’s trade secret.” ” Id. ” Id.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s era, where the whole world has turned to virtual means, blockchain as a technology is gathering everyone’s attention and showing accelerating growth in its market. An opt-in scheme could address the confidentiality concerns of IP owners. It also provides a cost-effective way to accelerate such processes.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s era, where the whole world has turned to virtual means, blockchain as a technology is gathering everyone’s attention and showing accelerating growth in its market. An opt-in scheme could address the confidentiality concerns of IP owners. It also provides a cost-effective way to accelerate such processes.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s era, where the whole world has turned to virtual means, blockchain as a technology is gathering everyone’s attention and showing accelerating growth in its market. An opt-in scheme could address the confidentiality concerns of IP owners. It also provides a cost-effective way to accelerate such processes.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Dalles claims that the water usage is not patented; the usage is relevant to operating the data centers and is only known to few people; the data centers are competitive in the global market and disclosing water usage could deprive Google of the value of its investment and know-how.

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Protecting Confidential Information and Client Relationships in the Financial Services Industry. Anatomy of a Restrictive Covenant. How and Why Texas Is Different When It Comes to Trade Secrets and Non-Competes. How Multijurisdictional Businesses Should Approach Non-Competes.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

There’s also a copyright claim for Luxy copying the plaintiff’s TOS/privacy policy. Marketing channels. ” Every sex worker just took massive umbrage at the judge’s condescending stereotypes about the role of online marketing in their financial and safety decisions. It’s really offensive.

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Michael Geist

JULY 30, 2021

When combined with plans for a new data commissioner, privacy tribunal, and the expanded CRTC under Bill C-10, the sheer amount of new Internet governance is dizzying. The AMPs would be referred to the new privacy tribunal for review. The OCSs can seek assistance from the new Digital Safety Commissioner on content moderation issues.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

9] This comes further to the UK Competition and Markets Authority’s initial review of AI foundation models, which looked at the risks and opportunities AI may bring from a competition and consumer protection standpoint.[10] Testing should take place in secure environments, before deployment on the market. For example, in the U.S.,

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Additionally, companies face challenges in monitoring employee activities in ways that respect privacy rights, leaving many unsure of how best to protect trade secrets under remote conditions. Employees should be well-informed about data protection practices, confidentiality requirements, and the potential legal implications of breaches.

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