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7th Circ. OKs Pausing Nail Polish IP Suit For Ownership Fight

IP Law 360

A company registered in New Jersey that sells nail polish has failed to persuade a federal appeals court to let it move ahead with its trade secrets case in a Chicago federal court against its former business partners in China until first resolving an ownership dispute "lurking just beneath the surface."

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Examining the Legality of NFT Ownership Through an IP Lens

IP.com

The post Examining the Legality of NFT Ownership Through an IP Lens appeared first on IP.com - IP Innovation and Analytics. New technologies are occasionally so innovative that they enjoy their first months and years relatively unregulated.

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[Guest post] Ownership of IP rights by DAOs – the future is nigh?

The IPKat

The IPKat is pleased to host the following contribution by Katfriend Marianna Ryan (Edwin Coe and King's College London) on the topical issue of how Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) are to be treated and what IP issues come with them. Here's what Marianna writes: Ownership of IP rights by DAOs – the future is nigh?

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States Should Loosen Law Firm Ownership Restrictions

IP Law 360

Despite growing buzz, normalized nonlawyer ownership of law firms is a distant prospect, so the legal community should focus first on liberalizing state restrictions on attorney and firm purchases of practices, which would bolster succession planning and improve access to justice, says Michael Di Gennaro at The Law Practice Exchange.

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Protecting IP Ownership Rights During Brainstorming or Collaboration Sessions

JD Supra Law

If the parties decide to work together, they will most likely enter into a services agreement outlining their respective rights and obligations, including intellectual property (IP) ownership and commercialization rights. Occasionally, parties operating solely under an NDA may start collaborating in a way that’s not fully.

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Copyright Ownership: Exploring Employer-Employee Relationship

IP and Legal Filings

the ownership disputes in India and the U.K. Author:- Kamal Singh Rautela, in case of any queries please contact/write back to us at support@ipandlegalfilings.com or IP & Legal Filing. This is quite the picture of how the Indian copyright laws are treating the employees who try to become such exceptional creators.

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A NFT Primer on Potential IP Ownership Legal Issues

JD Supra Law

Carolyn Toto recently joined host Joel Simon on his Industry Insights podcast continue the discussion of non-fungible tokens, related IP ownership issues and more. Joel Simon: Our discussion today is part of a series on non-fungible tokens, known as NFTs.