Patently-O

APRIL 17, 2024

Dawgs alleged that Crocs falsely marketed its “Croslite” shoe material as “patented,” “proprietary,” and “exclusive” when in fact the material ethyl vinyl acetate, a well known compound used by many footwear companies. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. ,

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 13, 2022

In what may seem to be a surprising series of events, given the state’s infamous hostility to restrictive covenants, a California appellate panel recently affirmed a Los Angeles Superior Court judgment effectively enjoining Netflix from soliciting certain employees subject to specific fixed-term employment agreements with Fox. Biogen, Inc.—

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 13, 2022

In what may seem to be a surprising series of events, given the state’s infamous hostility to restrictive covenants, a California appellate panel recently affirmed a Los Angeles Superior Court judgment effectively enjoining Netflix from soliciting certain employees subject to specific fixed-term employment agreements with Fox.

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Contracts Business Marketing Marketing 52

LexBlog IP

APRIL 15, 2022

” The “work for hire” distinction means that a company or employer holds the copyright instead of the person that the company hired to complete the work. Cases, like Dastar Corp. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.

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Derivative Work Trademark Law Branding Brands 52

IPilogue

OCTOBER 19, 2022

All accepted the presence of a common design between Sea Shepherd UK and its overseas parent organisation, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (“SSCS”), under which the UK company supported SSCS in its attempts to stop bluefin tuna fishing in the Mediterranean.

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