Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 2, 2023

Further, the joint statement reiterates that these agencies “take seriously our responsibility to ensure that these rapidly evolving automated systems are developed and used in a manner consistent with federal laws, and each of our agencies has previously expressed concern about potentially harmful uses of automated systems.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 14, 2022

Given how rarely TOS amendments use clickthroughs, this opinion could anticipate the widespread failure of TOS amendments if it’s the final word on the topic. If your company doesn’t have that, or it would take lots of labor hours to figure it out, YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG.]. I hope it’s not. * * *. The Court Opinion.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

This year’s series included: 2020 Year in Review: What You Need to Know about the Recent Cases and Developments in Trade Secrets, Non-Competes, and Computer Fraud Law. The Connection Between Wage and Hour & Restrictive Covenant Law. Employee Termination & Data Repatriation in the Remote Work Environment. View the Recording.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 9, 2023

TLDR Generative AI is one of the hot topics in copyright law today. As currently worded, the transparency obligation to “document and make publicly available a summary of the use of training data protected under copyright law” is impossible to comply with. There is room for improvement on both.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 2, 2023

Further, the joint statement reiterates that these agencies “take seriously our responsibility to ensure that these rapidly evolving automated systems are developed and used in a manner consistent with federal laws, and each of our agencies has previously expressed concern about potentially harmful uses of automated systems.”

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The breadth of our discussions encompassed a spectrum of critical topics: FTC Proposes Rule Banning Use of Non-Competes. In the interim, employers should take a close look at their restrictive covenant agreements to ensure that they are reasonable and compliant with ever-evolving state law.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The breadth of our discussions encompassed a spectrum of critical topics: FTC Proposes Rule Banning Use of Non-Competes. In the interim, employers should take a close look at their restrictive covenant agreements to ensure that they are reasonable and compliant with ever-evolving state law.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

by guest blogger Dr. Matthias Pendl , Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law. Only the State Labor Court of Baden-Württemberg depicted the relevant emoji in its ruling of 22 June 2016 (involving the monkey/bear face emoji depicted below); but it referred to them as “emoticons.” Introduction.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 13, 2022

Seyfarth attorneys Michael Wexler, Robert Milligan, and James Yu will address the following topics: Significant new legislation on non-compete and other restrictive covenants and related court decisions that may impact their enforcement. United States limiting claims that can be brought under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 15, 2022

For other takes on the Sixth Circuit’s opinion, check out Anthony Ferrara’s post for McDermott Will & Emery’s trade secrets section for its IP Update Blog and Siena Sylvester’s post for Sheppard Mullin’s Trade Secrets Law Blog.

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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. View the Recording.

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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. View the Recording.

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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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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 12, 2023

As our colleagues have previously reported in this blog, on January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) concerning its unprecedented effort to ban all non-compete clauses with workers and to preempt state law on the issue. See VA Hiring Enhancement Act ( H.R.3401

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

As our colleagues have previously reported in this blog, on January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) concerning its unprecedented effort to ban all non-compete clauses with workers and to preempt state law on the issue. See VA Hiring Enhancement Act ( H.R.3401

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 12, 2023

As our colleagues have previously reported in this blog, on January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) concerning its unprecedented effort to ban all non-compete clauses with workers and to preempt state law on the issue. See VA Hiring Enhancement Act ( H.R.3401

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 12, 2023

However, that question does not guarantee federal subject matter jurisdiction, as the defendants learned in a decision remanding an ownership dispute removed to federal court back to state court. Is the next wave of regulatory action against NDAs likely to come from state attorney generals? In Calvary Indus., Winters , U.S.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 9, 2023

committed in the United States” as required under §1837(2) of the DTSA. As for media coverage, the predictable battle lines are being drawn, ensuring the debate over the FTC’s proposed rule will be a “rough and tumble” one; as my father-in-law always tells me, “when emotion is high, logic is low.”

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U.S. Department of Commerce

JUNE 23, 2021

These companies highlighted the importance of Transatlantic commercial collaboration and urged the United States and the EU to facilitate greater collaboration through closer cooperation on a range of digital economy issues. hosted by DIGITALEUROPE. They agreed on the importance of U.S.-EU

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