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Trade Secrets in Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)

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The North American Free Trade Agreement defines a trade secret as “Information having commercial value, which is not in the public domain, and for which reasonable steps have been taken to maintain its secrecy.” Preventative Measures for Safeguarding a Trade Secret.

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Rochem v. Nirtech – Analysing the Claim of Breach of Confidential Information

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However, it is commonly accepted that for information to be construed as confidential, the said data must possess the requisite element of confidence, must have some commercial value and cannot be in the public domain. Additionally, reasonable measures need to be taken to maintain this confidentiality.

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Patent and Trade Secret: Never Ending Conundrum

IP and Legal Filings

Patents are there for 20 years where after the expiry they end up being in the public domain. The protection by the trade secrets is generally for those who are not in the domain of other IPs. The protection by the trade secrets is generally for those who are not in the domain of other IPs. The court denied the same.

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A Brief Thematic Review of Non-Fungible Tokens and their Copyright

IP and Legal Filings

Introduction Intellectual property entails the protection of legal rights for inventions and creations made by individuals or businesses using their minds. Copyrights safeguard the artists’ rights in the inventive and imaginative content that abounds in digital media. These advantages can be made profitable for the owner.

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2023 IP Resolutions Start with a Review of IP Assets

The IP Law Blog

A company should always be aware of any new inventions under development, and it is good practice to investigate the status of any inventions developed by company employees during the past year. Such inventions may be protectable under federal patent laws.

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Evolution of Tests of Creativity in Copyrights

IP and Legal Filings

Originality is the quality that distinguishes produced or invented works from copies, clones, forgeries, or derivative works by being new or novel. Eventually, a publication featuring sixteen of the forty-two matriculation papers was released by the University Tutorial Publishing Limited. specialised in regional phone directories.

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AI and IP – to legislate or not? UKIPO’s public consultation seeks evidence

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Option 3: adopt an exception for any use, with a possibility for rightholders to contract out. Option 4: adopt an exception for any use, with no possibility for rightholders to contract out. Consequently, patents do not protect inventions if the inventor is an AI system – a point recently confirmed also by the UK Court of Appeal.

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