LexBlog IP

MARCH 20, 2023

The Board sent shockwaves through employment law in its February 21, 2023, decision in McLaren Macomb , which held that simply offering a draft settlement agreement with broad confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions violated the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). Are those impacted by this decision?

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Patent Trademark Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

If you have a simple product that others can easily copy, you wouldn’t be thinking about keeping anything confidential. And if you have powerful knowledge that is confidential, will others be able to be able to figure it out after breaking apart your product? Can you keep your US patent application confidential?

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Kashishipr

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Instead, it is they may not own the exclusive rights to the Intellectual Property (IP) assets that such technologies are built upon usually. So, let us now make ourselves aware of the different challenges manufacturing firms face around IP in the digital economy and ways of overcoming them. Having Proper IP Portfolios In Place.

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Kashishipr

JANUARY 27, 2022

In legal terms, it is a contract signed amongst at least two parties looking forward to detailing confidential knowledge, clauses, statements, or any information they wish to restrict from access by third parties. Therefore, many companies are way too vigilant about protecting their IP assets. Understanding the Relevance of an NDA.

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Kashishipr

APRIL 20, 2022

In today’s highly competitive working environment, almost every other individual knows what Intellectual Property (IP) is and that the protection of IP assets is a matter of paramount importance. A trade secret gives a competitive edge to brands and businesses over their rivals in the industry.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

As 2023 comes to an end, in line with our annual tradition, we take stock of the top IP developments that occurred this year. The decisions in the second category, i.e., Top 10 IP Cases/Judgements (Jurisprudence/Legal Lucidity) reflect those that we thought showed a fair bit of jurisprudential rigour and/or legal lucidity. Nataraj, Ms.

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Kashishipr

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Any form of Intellectual Property (IP) , be it a trademark, patent, or copyright, can be licensed to third parties. Through IP licensing, IP rights holders grant third parties the exclusive right to use their IP while retaining their ownership. Understanding the IP License. Creating the IP Licensing Agreement.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

2019) (stating that “[t]he fact that the [confidentiality] Agreement does not state a time limitation, but instead applies forever, further supports a finding that it is unenforceable”); Howard Schultz & Assocs. Or if Facebook had blocked Bright Data’s IP addresses? See Nissen, 120 Cal. 2d at 319; Foster Cable Servs.,

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

Understanding the extent of a company’s IP holdings usually starts with what’s known to the company, such as all registered copyrights, trademarks, or patents, domestic and foreign. After compiling a list of those IP assets, the next step would be to review what the company is using and compare that to the list of registered or pending IP.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

Intellectual property (IP) can seem abstract. You can see and experience the benefits of innovation, but you can’t touch IP itself. So what is IP exactly? More specifically, IP is a legal right that gives the owner power to stop others from doing something. Can you build IP in selling such existing products?

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 15, 2024

The IP Owner and the third party are the licensor and the licensee respectively. Main Blog Unlicensed use of any content registered under the Copyright Act, 1957 , violates the exclusive rights of the owner and amounts to copyright infringement. Limited licenses also have fewer risks than outright purchases of IP.

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Intepat

MAY 24, 2024

In today’s highly competitive business environment, safeguarding intellectual property (IP) is of paramount importance. Trade secrets, while cheaper and without time limits, must be kept confidential. By carefully weighing these options, businesses can safeguard their IP effectively.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The court correctly says that Edible IP can have a property interest in the “Edible Arrangements” name and associated goodwill, and state trademark law statutorily protects those property interests. I have a long-standing personal policy not to give my consumer dollars to any entity that I mock on the blog for IP overreaches.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 18, 2023

To this effect, the WIPO IP Diagnostics Tool stands as a pivotal achievement at the intersection of technology and intellectual property (IP). India’s adoption of this tool marks a significant stride in the evolution of its IP landscape. Who is it for? Who is it for? How to use it?

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IP Tech Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

There are, however, several challenges related to obtaining IP protection for algorithms in China. Lack of IP protection may expose the development to theft, infringement and misuse by Chinese competitors and it may result in huge economic losses for the developers. But rights holders must be prepared.

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Intepat

MAY 28, 2024

In this blog we will be looking at the procedure to take intellectual property management forward, the various strategies that will be useful for SMEs while managing their intellectual property and how law firms & intellectual property attorneys can aid in the process. This is where IP management steps into the picture.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Last October this GuestKat attended an interesting conference in Munich (program here ) named " Life Sciences Strategy: Summit on IP and exclusivity ".

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IPilogue

MAY 17, 2022

Meena Alnajar is an IPilogue Senior Editor, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Trade secrets require elements such as: value (economic/industrial), that it is kept secret, and that there are reasonable measures in place to keep it confidential.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 7, 2024

The general aim of the expert evidence, either court appointed or bench appointed, is to ‘educate the court’ and ‘assist the judge’ which in the realm of IP could be questions such as ‘invalidity of an inventive step’, ‘insufficiency of an inventive step’ or infringement etc. For example in Australian law, Rule 23.15

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Considering that IP disputes often involve technical subject matters, different High Courts have accommodated provisions for appointing independent subject matter experts and also allow parties to file affidavits in evidence by their respective experts to assist the Court in understanding the nitty-gritty of the subject matter IP.

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azrights

APRIL 22, 2021

World IP day is on April 26. Every year the IP industry, led by the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) celebrates the day by raising awareness of the vital role IP rights in innovation and creativity. The right IP strategy will be decided based on your business model. All these activities involve creating IP.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

Understanding the extent of a company’s IP holdings usually starts with what’s known to the company, such as all registered copyrights, trademarks, or patents, domestic and foreign. After compiling a list of those IP assets, the next step would be to review what the company is using and compare that to the list of registered or pending IP.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 4, 2024

New year, new IP opportunities and events The new year has just begun but there are already several news items, unfortunately including some sad ones, to report. The IPKat is the Best UK Intellectual Property Blog! Have a look below.

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Kashishipr

JUNE 16, 2021

Of these crimes, Intellectual Property (IP) theft is one of the many, which involves stealing copyright, patents, industrial designs, etc., account to be the most frequently stolen forms of IP, which may result in a huge loss for the company that created it, including the loss of competitive edge and decline of business growth.

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IPilogue

APRIL 19, 2022

This act disregarded Marino’s confidentiality and non-solicitation contractual obligations to Cartier. Cartier claims that this was a breach of her employment agreement, as she was to return “any and all documents” containing “Confidential Information and Trade Secrets” that she obtained in connection with her employment. The Lawsuit.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 9, 2023

Meena Alnajar is an IPilogue Senior Editor, an IP Innovation Clinic Senior Fellow, and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Pina D’Agostino’s IP Intensive Program. As someone with an avid interest in IP, I wanted to be involved in patent-related work. This article was written as a requirement for Prof.

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Intepat

MAY 24, 2023

In today’s business landscape, the significance of intellectual property (IP) assets is on the rise and is becoming increasingly crucial in various sectors. The value of a business is now closely tied to its IP assets, which can be licensed, transferred, or used as capital in a joint venture.

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Dragons' Den

JANUARY 19, 2023

It’s been a while since I’ve written a Dragons’ Den blog but the episode did not disappoint! To be honest, even when I’m not writing the blog and watching purely for my own entertainment, I can’t help but focus on the intellectual property (IP) in each episode.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 17, 2023

He is interested in IP law, and commercial and criminal litigation. From conflicting positions on AI as a co-author of a work to the contours of information required u/s 39 about the patent applications filed abroad, we had some engaging posts on this blog this week. Relying on the decision in Dominos Ip Holder LLC & Anr.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 24, 2023

The advisories are applicable to four different industrial control products, explain the risk of the vulnerability (e.g., “successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to compromise availability, integrity, and confidentiality of the targeted devices”), and how to mitigate the vulnerabilities.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 5, 2023

Employers will now have one less tool to prevent former workers, including both former employees and independent contractors, from starting a competing business using trade secrets or other confidential information gained from their former employment.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2024

This blog has been cross-posted to Seyfarth’s Gadgets, Gigabytes & Goodwill site. Opting to keep this process confidential, Celanese sold Ace-K for several years. On March 4, the Federal Circuit, heard oral arguments for Celanese Int’l. v ITC, 22-1827 (Fed. Plot twist! Here’s where the story gets sweeter!

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 6, 2024

This blog has been cross-posted from Seyfarth’s The Blunt Truth site. Federal trademark registration is typically unavailable for goods and services related to the sale of cannabis.

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Patent Trademark Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Keep in mind that our firm might represent the other side so please do not share any confidential information unless and until we confirm no conflicts of interest. Those who meet only the first requirement might call themselves IP attorneys or trademark attorneys. Is a patent attorney specially licensed?

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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. In Masimo Corp. True Wearables, Inc., In Pinkerton Tobacco v.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 25, 2023

Pina D’Agostino’s IP Intensive Program. Within minutes of working there, I was already growing in my legal development from being academically into practically trained as I learned about my supervisor’s door policy, to protect Teva’s confidentiality in all dealings. Richard de Almeida is a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

In this week’s blog, I’ll focus on two pitches and consider what is patentable and the difference between designs and patents. Although there was no mention of intellectual property (IP) during the pitch, is it possible to protect an algorithm with an IP right? A trade mark might help to protect a brand name or logo.

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