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IP Strategy Series: Setting Up a Comprehensive IP Strategy – An Overview for Harnessing Existing IP

IP.com

Trade Secrets: Protect confidential business information, like recipes or manufacturing processes. Trade Secrets: Implement internal policies and agreements to protect confidential information. This can include non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), confidentiality clauses in employment contracts, and secure data management practices.

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Hollywood Demands $16.35m From Operator of Pirate IPTV Services

TorrentFreak

In 2020 his Area 51 service was shut down following an Alliance For Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) cease-and-desist letter. A confidential settlement was reached in October 2020 but it’s claimed that the defendant then launched Digital UniCorn Media and another service called Altered Carbon. It later disappeared.

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Anti-Piracy Group Received $290K in Settlements from Usenet Pirates in 2021

TorrentFreak

It’s one of the oldest methods for sharing large files online but despite advances in modern technology, Usenet (also knows as newsgroups) still has a considerable following among enthusiasts. BREIN rarely names the sites it takes offline but due to their profile, some are particularly visible.

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Watch Communications Sues Ex-Employees for Alleged Trade Secret Misappropriation

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

Jarman then allegedly began working on a joint venture with Diamond Ventures, Microsoft, and a service provider, GRiT Technologies LLC (“GRiT”), a co-defendant in this case. Per the Complaint, Jarman, Criblez, and Kolb all signed confidentiality agreements in connection with their Watch employment. Todd Mosby (“Mosby”).

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AimJunkies Maintain That Cheating is Legal, Appeals Bungie’s $4.3 Million Arbitration Award

TorrentFreak

Bungie previously won several lawsuits against cheaters, either by default or through confidential settlements, but AimJunkies assigns little value to these achievements. AimJunkies stresses that, after Bungie sent a cease and desist letter in 2021, it removed the contested software from its platform.

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What are the intellectual property rights for startups?

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Trade Secrets: Trade secrets encompass confidential information critical for a startup’s success; this may include formulas, processes, customer lists, marketing strategies etc. Cease and Desist Letters: The first step for startups facing IP infringement is often sending a cease-and-desist letter to the infringing party.

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ACE Expands to Become a Lean and Mean Anti-Piracy Machine

TorrentFreak

Confidential agreements with domain registrars and registries, for example, help to efficiently take down domain names. “Piracy operators use various technologies in an attempt to create anonymity. Interestingly, ACE has collected some large damages payments through its legal actions and many confidential settlements too.