LexBlog IP

MAY 10, 2022

Illinois recently passed a restrictive covenant statute in 2021, the Illinois Freedom to Work Act, which codifies the state’s longstanding common law, adding provisions restricting covenants against certain incomes and professions. Lanning , 2018 WI 6, 379 Wis. 2d 189, 906 N.W.2d The restraint must. (1)

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 5, 2022

First, it’s a helpful example of some of the new strategic approaches taken by the FTC after the Supreme Court’s decision in AMG. A recent case announced by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is important for many reasons. Second, it’s a helpful example of some of the priorities of the current FTC.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Yet 2020 saw a slowdown in biosimilar activity with the lowest number of annual biosimilar approvals since 2016 and fewer product launches than 2019—as well as a decrease in district court litigation and post-grant proceedings. Since the BPCIA’s enactment in 2010, over 45 BPCIA cases have been filed in district courts. [7]

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Courts continue to recognize combination trade secrets where a plaintiff can demonstrate a unique combination of processes and information that aid company processes, including research and development. Federal agencies actively enforce restrictions on non-competes, leading to criminal indictments in specific industries.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Courts continue to recognize combination trade secrets where a plaintiff can demonstrate a unique combination of processes and information that aid company processes, including research and development. Federal agencies actively enforce restrictions on non-competes, leading to criminal indictments in specific industries.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 12, 2022

Location by state, per Bloomberg Law: ~3000 in Illinois, ~500 in NY, 374 NJ, long tail. Sealed defendant lists: a red flag b/c we can’t track what’s going on in courts that way—the rejoinder is that we need to seize their assets, but we don’t get unsealing even when there is no concern/seizure is accomplished. All this is ex parte.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 5, 2023

This development should come as no surprise since President Biden issued an executive order in July 2021 authorizing the FTC and other agencies to investigate the unfair use of noncompetes and other restrictive covenants and curtail their use. Supreme Court’s recent decision in West Virginia v.

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