IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Introduction Whenever we discuss any lawful work or papers, the initial thing which comes into our brain is “a ton of paper work” A smart contract could be a unique advantage here as it can reduce or say can assist us with disposing of paper work totally. A smart contract is an agreement that gets executed naturally.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 8, 2022

According to The Mercury News , In 2009, she was awarded a no-bid contract to be the sole grant writer for the county. However, it was in 2018 that she was offered an additional contract. This has led to Supervisor Otto Lee calling for an inquiry into the book and the various contracts that were awarded McCorquodale.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Businesses can prevent third parties from misusing their valuable and commercially sensitive business information and trade secrets through contracts and the common law in Canada. By: Smart & Biggar

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 11, 2023

Another 3k+ word post about the jurisprudential chaos in online contract formation law. But ultimately, the onus is on Disney to create a contract formation process so conspicuous that a court can’t reach decisions like this.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 19, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision finding trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract based on a recruiter’s improper use of confidential client information. Counsel Holdings, Incorporated v. Jowers, Case No. 22-50936 (5th Cir. 1, 2024) (King, Ho, Engelhardt, JJ.) (per

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 18, 2024

In this episode of Tech Talks, we discuss the Federal Trade Commission’s recent ban on non-compete agreements and its implications for employers, as well as strategies for protecting confidential information and trade secrets. By: Mayer Brown

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 31, 2023

. “Plaintiff seeks to hold Twitter liable for decisions regarding “information provided by another information content provider”—that is, information he and the third-party user, rather than Twitter, provided.” Contract Breach. ” Cite to Kimzey. ” Cite to King v. . ” Cite to King v.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 2, 2024

This statement sets out OpenAI’s vison for a ‘social contract for content in AI’. However, OpenAI then states that it ‘[feels] that it’s important we contribute to the development of a broadly beneficial social contract for content in the AI age.’ The database of content information that OpenAI could assemble would be vast.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 17, 2024

If the issue lies in loopholes within the ToS, the solution seems straightforward: draft tighter contracts and perhaps incorporate a browsewrap on your platforms to catch those who don’t hold accounts. X’s breach of contract cases against CCDH for violating its ToS by scraping also didn’t fare well. In 2022, in ML Genius v.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Smart contracts, a technology popularized by blockchain, offer a new approach to managing these transactions. Unlike traditional contracts , smart contracts are self-executing programs on a blockchain that automatically enforce terms when predetermined conditions are met. In the U.S.,

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 30, 2022

Paraphrasing is about taking the facts and information you read in a source and putting them into your own words. One of the major changes in the past decade has been the rise of contract cheating. Contract cheating isn’t easily detected by plagiarism detection tools, which are looking for matching text against a database.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the University of Amsterdam, in collaboration with Kluwer Law International , publisher of the Information Law Series , has launched an online archive of older book volumes published in the series. More volumes in the Series will be added to the online archive in due course.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2021

“To the extent the contract pertains to use of Peloton’s Services (e.g., ” The idea is that sometimes nonsignatories get benefits from a contract sufficient to impose the contract terms on them anyways. ” Thus, the nonparties cannot be swept into the contract. That’s Contracts Law 101.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 23, 2022

Jones-based personal jurisdiction over Snap based on the plaintiffs’ allegations that: Defendants acted intentionally when they entered into contracts with M.K., Jones-based personal jurisdiction over Snap based on the plaintiffs’ allegations that: Defendants acted intentionally when they entered into contracts with M.K.,

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The musical rights in question are subject to voluntary collective management rights, so SGAE cannot be attributed the management of rights of authors who have not signed a management contract with them. 2 of the Spanish Act on the Defence of Competition and Art. 102 of the TFEU. 2 of the Spanish Act on the Defence of Competition and Art.

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 10, 2024

If the answer to the prior question is No, is USPTO registration available for auxiliary products or services that arent affected by the CSA, such as providing information via a website, or apparel? Are trademarks, copyrights, and intellectual property covered in agreements, licenses, and contracts?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The appellate court summarizes its conclusion: However denominated, Prager’s state law causes of action target providers of an interactive computer service in their capacity as publishers restricting access to Prager’s information content—i.e., Prager tried a variety of contract-based workarounds to Section 230.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

Taking any action based upon information provided by them may be difficult as the results are not transparent. Can detect essay mill and other forms of contract cheating. Taking any action based upon information provided by them may be difficult as the results are not transparent. What information will be in that watermark?

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Patently-O

MARCH 7, 2022

The court dismissed the case, holding that “the law does not impose strict liability for harms arising out of the storage of personal information.” By that time, hackers had obtained personally identifiable information (PII) for the company’s 40,000 employees, and tens-of-thousands of former employees.

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The IPKat

APRIL 25, 2024

Here’s what they write: Generative AI, originality, and the potential role of contract in protecting unoriginal works by Adrian Aronsson-Storrier and Oliver Fairhurst Artificial Kat Over the past two years the IPKat has hosted debate on the question of whether the outputs of generative AI tools are protected under copyright law.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 27, 2024

As generative AI continues to be a hot topic in board rooms and an unavoidable reality on the front lines of business, leaders must make informed decisions when choosing AI vendors. The integration of AI into your operations can offer substantial benefits, but it also introduces unique risks and challenges.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 24, 2022

According to American Airlines, this is a violation of their terms of service by encouraging users to hand over their login information to a third party. The app, which was released in September 2021, allows users to link together their various frequent flyer accounts, including American Airlines AAdvantage program.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 22, 2022

The lawsuit relates to “information that he, rather than Twitter, provided. Rangel mistakenly believes that he himself cannot be a third-party information provider under this provision, but this view has been repeatedly rejected.” This covers the breach of contract claim too. Contract breach. Cite to King v.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 20, 2022

We’re pleased to inform you that The Screenwriters Association (SWA) is urgently looking to recruit a full-time Legal Officer to be based at its office in Mumbai. SWA strives to help members protect their intellectual property and its value by way of guiding them in negotiating contracts that are fair to them. Responsibilities.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 11, 2023

Despite widespread public interest in these arrangements, the government has consistently rejected Right to Information (RTI) applications requesting this information. However, the government has refused to provide information regarding these arrangements. Many articles (e.g. To be sure, this is not a blanket exemption.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 9, 2022

However, this raises a bigger question: What would one do with this information? But it’s difficult to see how this could serve as definitive proof of ghostwriting or contact cheating without additional information. Applying the Findings. To be clear, this is extremely useful. Bottom Line.

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IPilogue

JULY 29, 2022

While artists may inherently feel like they are “held hostage” by their record labels, it all comes down to the contract terms that both the artist and record label agreed upon. Common contract terms found in recording agreements include rights granted, producer royalties, and promotions.

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Velocity of Content

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

CCC recently reached out to experienced information professionals to gain a better understanding of the ways in which they are incorporating tools with artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities into their everyday workflows, as well as how they are positioning the use of AI within their organizations.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 8, 2023

In particular, face scanning seemingly directly conflict with biometric privacy laws, such as Illinois’ BIPA, which provide substantial restrictions on the collection, use, and retention of biometric information. The court summarizes BIPA Sec. In all likelihood, BIPA consent would require, at minimum, a two-click process to proceed.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

sued Bright Data for trespass to chattels, breach of contract, tortious interference with a contract, violation of California Business and Professions Code Section 17200, and misappropriation. Here, the court agreed, and dismissed Twitter’s breach-of-contract claims on that basis. In November 2023, X corp. on all counts.

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 16, 2024

There is no definite definition of trade secrets, it includes extensive range of information of commercial and technical nature. 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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 9, 2024

The Ninth Circuit easily dismisses most of it in a breezy memorandum opinion, but the contract claim gets revived for a little longer. In a mild surprise, the panel revives her breach of contract claim. This resurrects Lloyd’s breach of contract claim, but only temporarily. My prior blog post. Case Citation : Lloyd v.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 28, 2022

This prompted Walkie Check to sue for breach of an implied contract, unjust enrichment and copyright infringement. Visitors to these websites will now get a message from the Department of Justice indicating that the sites have been seized, and users will then be redirected to addition information.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 11, 2023

Regarding violations of the LSLA, the court was informed that as a minor, L.L. has the right to disaffirm any contract within a reasonable time of becoming an adult. As it happened, he had already declared all contracts with Bungie null and void. With no enforceable contract between L.L. In its response to L.L.’s

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 4, 2024

Thus, Lady Freethinker sued YouTube for breach of contract and related claims. (A Rather than engaging this contract law issue directly, the court rules for YouTube on Section 230 grounds: Lady Freethinker’s claims ultimately seek to treat Google as the publisher or speaker of content provided by another information content provider.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 28, 2022

This is the screen design at issue: This is the Maine Supreme Court’s first foray into online contract formation. The court does not like the “done” approach: to a reasonably prudent user, clicking “DONE” would not indicate assent to a contract or, in fact, anything beyond having completed the registration process.

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Traverse Legal Blog

MARCH 25, 2022

NFT Legal Tip #3: Your Token Contract is on The BLockchain Forever. There are two contracts with every NFT drop. The first is the token contract and it goes on the blockchain. NFT Legal Tip #4 – Draft Your Linked Digital Asset Contract Correctly. Additional NFT Resources, Templates, Forms, and Information.

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