The IPKat

JANUARY 31, 2023

The AmeriKat ignoring you after being told "no" A few weeks ago, the IPKat reported on the decision in Oxford University Innovation v Oxford Nanoimaging [2022] EWHC 3200 (IPKat report here ). Of the most interesting to this Kat was the treatment of costs (well, some of them), confidentiality and permission to appeal.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

While some ISPs did indeed forward Rightscorp’s notices, the anti-piracy company couldn’t balance the books with its settlement model and lost millions of dollars. It seems unlikely that Rightscorp has $15m lying around so whether it will choose to fight or pay a settlement remains to be seen.

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 19, 2023

A day before the FTC issued its proposed rulemaking, the FTC issued a press release that it had sued, and reached a settlement with, three employers in the security and manufacturing sector that the FTC alleged had “illegally imposed noncompete restrictions on workers.” 15 USC § 45(2). We expect to see even more large jury results in 2023.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 19, 2023

A day before the FTC issued its proposed rulemaking, the FTC issued a press release that it had sued, and reached a settlement with, three employers in the security and manufacturing sector that the FTC alleged had “illegally imposed noncompete restrictions on workers.” ” 15 USC § 45(2).

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

It generally amounts to more than 50% of the total settlement recovery, acknowledging, at least by basic math, that they are the primary beneficiary of the litigation.). 2022), available at [link] Patrick Wingrove, Litigation Funders See ‘Huge and Sustained Uptick’ in IP Business , ManagingIP (Mar. 3] See, e.g., Huber v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

Moreover, there is nothing to suggest that the CFRA was designed to be used as a defense to a private breach of contract action. NY Times : SmileDirectClub to Release Customers From NDAs in Settlement Other Consumer Issues * Pop v. Consumer Reviews * Route App, Inc. Heuberger , 2023 WL 5334192 (D. Lulifama.com LLC, 2023 U.S.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

27] The purpose of the report is therefore twofold: to encourage settlement and to provide transparency on the process and recommended FRAND in cases of disagreement. [28] 27] The purpose of the report is therefore twofold: to encourage settlement and to provide transparency on the process and recommended FRAND in cases of disagreement. [28]

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