Trading Secrets

JANUARY 19, 2022

In April 2014 Foro contacted Vita through the generic contact form on Vita’s website to discuss building a deployment wheel for Foro’s laser, which it marketed as a multiconductor cutting tool. Vita’s conceptual design was therefore readily ascertainable by proper means, and every feature was visually observable. Code §§ 134A.001

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

With the challenges posed by name saturation and the reduced availability of work marks, industrial designs are increasingly important within intellectual property strategies. When people think about designs they typically think of patents, but the world of protecting designs is far more extensive than that.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

But much of this business model is contingent on being able to sell flights directly through Ryanair’s site to control the market for ancillary services. 2015 WL 1289984 at 4 (N.D. March 20, 2015). That’s not what the statute is designed to prevent. emphasis mine). Koninklijke Philips N.V. Elec–Tech International Co. ,

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43(B)log

MAY 12, 2022

The UCL’s “ ‘purpose is to protect both consumers and competitors by promoting fair competition in commercial markets for goods and services.’ ” Abbott Laboratories v. The UCL, like the FAL, “is broad and sweeping to protect both consumers and competitors by promoting fair competition in commercial markets for goods and services.”

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 16, 2021

CPL had a registered trademark in the word “Conphamol” and the design of the product packaging. The plaintiff applied for an injunction against the defendant for copyright infringement and breach of contract.

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The IPKat

MAY 12, 2023

They develop, market and sell statistical process control (SPC) software and gauge management software. He resigned in 2015. Peripheral issues relating to Mr Aughton's duties under his employment contract overlapped with these three core issues. Background The claimants - PQ for short - are based in the US.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

FRAND licensing commitments are designed to alleviate the risk that SEP holders will prevent broad adoption of a standard by asserting their patents against manufacturers of standardized products. However, this case did not sound in patent infringement, but in breach of contract. 2015); and Commonwealth Sci. & D-Link (Fed.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Abbott has two CGM devices on the market - the Freestyle Libre 1 and Libre 2 - which Abbott claims is the top selling CGM product in the world, used by 3 million people in 50 countries. With a more expensive product than Abbott's, Dexcom has a much smaller UK market share. Libre 2 was launched in October 2020.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The biosimilar pathway was designed to increase competition for biologics and reduce healthcare costs. At the same time, market uptake of biosimilars in the United States continued to increase, suggesting that there is room for expansion of biosimilars in the U.S. 2015; resubmitted Feb. Post-Grant Challenges at the PTAB.

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Trading Secrets

JUNE 3, 2022

2021), the defendant argued that the alleged trade secret—the exact dimensions of a patented spinal implant device for treating degenerative disc disease—was disclosed in a patent and marketing. 16, 2021), the plaintiff alleged that the defendant used the plaintiff’s manufacturer drawings to unfairly compete in the airplane parts market.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

Generally speaking, the approved transposition follows the text of the Directive rather closely, similarly to other delayed implementations such as the Irish one , without embracing a more “creative” legislative design, as has been the case for instance in Germany and Greece. 19 CDSM Directive. Articles 36.º-A º-A and 36.º-B

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

The members of the European Copyright Society (ECS ) have recently sent a letter to Mr. Thierry Breton ( Commissioner for Internal Market , European Commission ) outlining their view of what should be the priorities for a f uture agenda in the field of copyright law. The letter is available here and its contents are reproduced below.

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Garrigues Blog

MARCH 1, 2022

These amendments introduced important changes to legal regulations on geographical indications ( GIs ) and designations of origin (PDOs) of certain alcoholic beverages. However, Russia is finalizing its accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications (2015).

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43(B)log

AUGUST 4, 2021

Conventional wisdom: Incoherent mess; regimes generally unrelated to each other, primarily products of industry lobbying, little meaningful institutional design, anachronistic like jukebox compulsory licensing fees. Not claiming it’s fully coherent, but it’s not just a sui generis response to a single industry’s market failure.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2022

2021 saw several important milestones in the biosimilars space, including the much anticipated first interchangeable designations by FDA and the approval of the first ophthalmology biosimilar. The biosimilar market also exhibited continued growth, with multiple biosimilar developers reporting strong sales of biosimilars through 2021.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

SEP Registration The Proposal establishes a “Competence Centre” within the EUIPO (which currently focuses solely on trademarks and design rights) to set up and maintain an EU-wide register for SEPs. Key Provisions and Critical Assessment 1. 5] Registration of SEPs will be mandatory for enforcement purposes. [6]

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

There is no defined segregation, either by design or by implication of any of plaintiff’s expressions of his thoughts and opinions on the subjects discussed which would aid in identifying plaintiff’s purported copyrighted material. Factor four: the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 27, 2022

Apple claimed it designed the system to reduce the privacy invasion, but Apple could not guarantee that (1) governments wouldn’t compel Apple to do client-side scanning for the government’s benefit, or (2) the compelled scanning would only target CSAM. The Crisis of Online Contracts (as Told in 10 Memes) , Notre Dame J.

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