The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

This time, ATRIP proposes a separate call for PhD students for presentations in a dedicated workshop on Sunday 9 July, adding a session on early career publishing at the end. Click here and here to know more. The seminar will take place in Paris and online, on 16 and 17 March 2023 and entirely in English.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

See our article, Against the Evidence: How the FTC Cast Aside the Input of Experts at Its Own Non-Compete Workshop. For a more detailed look at the Workforce Mobility Act of 2023, see our article, Bipartisan Bill to Ban Most Non-Compete Agreements Reintroduced in U.S.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Daily invitations for workshops, seminars, conferences, and symposiums fill my inbox. In my employment contract it says, “undertake scholarly activity.” What is the point of academic conferences? What is the point of academics? Is it just my perception, or are there more conferences and events than ever?

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U.S. Department of Commerce

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

billion in contracts, financing, and sales, creating or retaining thousands of jobs. Ennis, who graduated from Boston University and received her MPA from Georgia State University, has led minority-focused economic development initiatives for years. Under her leadership, MBDA programs helped minority-owned businesses generate more than $6.4

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43(B)log

MARCH 10, 2023

Etienne Toussaint is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of South Carolina School of Law where he teaches Contracts, Business Associations, Secured Transactions, and related seminar courses. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, and as a student he served as a Teaching Assistant in the Negotiation Workshop.

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43(B)log

JUNE 29, 2023

Tort-based culture can’t be the full explanation because Pahlka documents these problems in places like military contracting where there’s no tort potential.] Europeans don’t think the regulators will be unreasonable. 1 ask of civil society: keep us involved in the process; no particular ask other than role in interpretation.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

AUGUST 31, 2023

Dwyer spearheads the creation of annual action plans and supports their implementation; notable accomplishments have included launching an office supplies donation pilot program; conducting a week-long waste assessment; and distributing 48 zero waste kits to support waste reduction at workshops and events.

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Intepat

MAY 16, 2024

Through immutable record-keeping and smart contracts, blockchain provides a secure and transparent platform for managing IP rights, facilitating collaboration, reducing disputes, and unlocking new opportunities for innovation and monetization.

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 21, 2021

It recently held a workshop where academics and regulators addressed the issue. At the workshop, legal scholars, economists, and policy experts reviewed the current state of the law and economic literature on non-compete clauses in contracts between employers and employees.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 14, 2023

First, in 2020, the FTC hosted a workshop, “ Reviewing the Franchise Rule. The press release quotes an FTC official as stating, “This RFI will begin to unravel how the unequal bargaining power inherent in these contracts is impacting franchisees, workers and consumers.”

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U.S. Department of Commerce

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Their tireless work growing the organization and spearheading projects such as clothes mending and repair workshops, recycling improvements, and composting initiatives has significantly advanced NIST’s green goals.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 8, 2021

And the FTC has held workshops to consider its authority to do so, the purpose of which was to “to examine whether there is a sufficient legal basis and empirical economic support to promulgate a Commission Rule that would restrict the use of non-compete clauses in employer-employee employment contracts.”

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

It recently held a workshop where academics and regulators addressed the issue. At the workshop, legal scholars, economists, and policy experts reviewed the current state of the law and economic literature on non-compete clauses in contracts between employers and employees.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 11, 2022

The Malaysian Contracts Act 1950 also has a particular ban on trade restraint. There are also regulations against anti-competitive conduct that are sector-specific, particularly in the franchising, media, and telecommunications industries. Image Source: Istock]. Conclusion.

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azrights

JUNE 7, 2022

Even when I changed my focus to just offer intellectual property and commercial law, I made the same mistake many start-ups tend to make of offering the full range of services, such as patents, designs, trademarks, software contracts etc, instead of focusing on one.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 16, 2023

The research relied both on in-house desk research and on a network of 36 national experts, who were involved in two rounds of questionnaires and a mid-term workshop.

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Erik K Pelton

MARCH 11, 2022

Some of the solicitations also reference contract law in the fine print and give only a short timeframe to respond to create a sense of urgency. [7] 7] As such, these letters often appear legitimate and could easily lead an unknowing recipient astray. [1].

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) hosted a virtual workshop on December 6-7, 2021, bringing together agency representatives, lawyers, economists, academics, and other experts to discuss issues affecting competition in the labor market (“Workshop”). Takeaways from the Workshop.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

We held a series of workshops during which we gradually developed a survey that would cover a wide range of copyright exceptions. Protection Against Supremacy of Contracts. Supremacy Of Contracts. We wanted a dataset allowing us to compare laws across countries and over time, and we set out to develop one. Exhaustion of Rights.

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 29, 2022

In particular, in December 2021, the DOJ and FTC hosted a virtual workshop that brought together policy experts and labor leaders to discuss efforts to promote competitive labor markets and worker mobility, including scrutinizing and limiting the use of restrictive covenants. its training procedures, and its off-boarding policies.

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43(B)log

JUNE 30, 2023

We won’t see the contracts b/t platforms and other entities, which is an issue, bypassing regulatory control. Another thing under the hood: how are the platforms redesigning their technologies and services to minimize compliance obligations? The easy one to see is eliminating comment sections.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The online course " Drafting and negotiating IP terms in research contracts " will be held on January 18-19 and June 7-8, 2022. A practical workshop on " IP Licensing: An Advanced level drafting workshop " will be held online on 1-2 February and 14-15 June 2022. Two IP-related courses will be offered for the next year.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 17, 2022

The main room will offer the firm’s most popular workshop, HR Law & Solutions. New for 2022, attendees will have the option to attend breakout sessions focusing on niche corporate matters and contracts, family businesses, startups and how to make informed real estate decisions. Click here to download the brochure.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 22, 2022

Section 1 of the Sherman Act declares “[e]very contract, combination. or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States. 15 U.S.C. § Despite the broad declaration, this provision has long been interpreted by the Supreme Court to just outlaw “unreasonable” restraints of trade.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 29, 2022

In particular, in December 2021, the DOJ and FTC hosted a virtual workshop that brought together policy experts and labor leaders to discuss efforts to promote competitive labor markets and worker mobility, including scrutinizing and limiting the use of restrictive covenants. its training procedures, and its off-boarding policies.

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 12, 2023

According to Sean Heather, US Chamber Senior Vice President for International Regulatory Affairs and Antitrust, “Today’s actions by the Federal Trade Commission to outright ban noncompete clauses in all employer contracts is blatantly unlawful. The same reasoning should apply here.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

According to Sean Heather, US Chamber Senior Vice President for International Regulatory Affairs and Antitrust, “Today’s actions by the Federal Trade Commission to outright ban noncompete clauses in all employer contracts is blatantly unlawful. The same reasoning should apply here.

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 12, 2023

According to Sean Heather, US Chamber Senior Vice President for International Regulatory Affairs and Antitrust, “Today’s actions by the Federal Trade Commission to outright ban noncompete clauses in all employer contracts is blatantly unlawful. The same reasoning should apply here.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 12, 2023

But one that really stands out is Jackson Lewis’ Erik Winton, Clifford Atlas, Daniel Thornton and Daniel Doron’s analysis of how the FTC has deviated from its own workshops and from its own experts in formulating its proposed ban. Leave it to a Buckeye to see the FTC proposed ban through the lens of a college football fan.

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43(B)log

JUNE 29, 2023

How far that goes (overriding contracts, © claims, TPMs) is unclear. Paddy Leerssen: Comment period: US was the #1 country of response b/c US universities are very interested in access. Scraping issues: access to publicly accessible data/noninterference obligations. Also unclear: who will enforce it.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 13, 2021

On January 9, 2020, the FTC held a public workshop to consider whether the FTC should issue a rule that would limit or forbid the use of non-competes in employment contracts and subsequently invited submissions from interested parties.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 3, 2022

Earlier this month, the agency (in coordination with the Department of Justice) held two days of workshops , informal fact-gathering, and panels – titled “Making Competition Work: Promoting Competition in Labor Markets” – on addressing “competition issues affecting labor markets and the welfare of workers.”

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