Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Lenz case got a lot of press, but it ended with a confidential settlement. To my knowledge, the only litigated case that resulted in a 512(f) win was Online Policy Group v. The 512(f) plaintiff wins after 3 years of litigation and a bench trial. As a result, we’ve seen very, very few successful 512(f) enforcements.

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Trading Secrets

JUNE 3, 2022

The district court reasoned that plaintiff needed to demonstrate that the corporate defendant copied plaintiff’s project in order to satisfy the “use” requirement under the DTSA. Courts continue to demand strict compliance with procedural rules in connection with motions to seal confidential material even in trade secrets cases.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

The nodes authenticate transactions, add the data to their copy of the common ledger and transfer the ledger additions to all other nodes. It is basically a distributed database that can achieve independent verification of the ownership chain of any or every cryptocurrency (amount) as each node stores its own copy of the blockchain.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

The nodes authenticate transactions, add the data to their copy of the common ledger and transfer the ledger additions to all other nodes. It is basically a distributed database that can achieve independent verification of the ownership chain of any or every cryptocurrency (amount) as each node stores its own copy of the blockchain.

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Technology Patent IP Invention 52

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

The nodes authenticate transactions, add the data to their copy of the common ledger and transfer the ledger additions to all other nodes. It is basically a distributed database that can achieve independent verification of the ownership chain of any or every cryptocurrency (amount) as each node stores its own copy of the blockchain.

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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. BPCIA Litigation. Antitrust Litigation. BPCIA Litigation. Biosimilar Regulatory Updates.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Emma Perot, Publicity Rights, Celebrity Contracts, and Social Norms: Industry Practices in the US and UK Fenty v Topshop: Misrepresentation/passing off theories were successful for Rihanna in UK. Influence of law, desire to contract, social norms. Desire to contract: contracts clearly define scope of rights.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 17, 2021

Customer Data Breach Litig., In early 2020, “cybercriminals orchestrated a two-part ransomware attack on Blackbaud’s systems,” copying plaintiffs’ data and holding it for ransom. This litigation followed. In re Blackbaud, Inc., 3:20-mn-02972-JMC, MDL No. 2972, 2021 WL 3568394 (D.S.C. Blackbaud (good name!)

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 27, 2023

Marshall Gerstein’s practice areas include patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and related litigation, as well as IP licensing, counseling, and transactions. Instead, OpenAI treats the matter as one of ownership via contract law. ” See OpenAI, FAQ ( Copyright ). ” Id.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The decisions in the first category, i.e., Top 10 IP Cases/Judgements (Topicality/Impact) reflect those that we thought were important from a topical point of view and were covered by the media in some way owing to the importance of parties litigating or the issue being considered or for impact on industry and innovation/creativity ecosystem etc.

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Protecting Confidential Information and Client Relationships in the Financial Services Industry. Additionally, a recent Third Circuit decision held that copying is not the only method that trade secret plaintiffs can demonstrate actionable “use” under the Defend Trade Secrets Act. Anatomy of a Restrictive Covenant.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Protecting Confidential Information and Client Relationships in the Financial Services Industry. Additionally, a recent Third Circuit decision held that copying is not the only method that trade secret plaintiffs can demonstrate actionable “use” under the Defend Trade Secrets Act. Anatomy of a Restrictive Covenant.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 5, 2022

In a post for Crowell’s Government Contracts Legal Forum , John McCarthy, Anuj Vohra and Daniel Wolff describe the decision that better defined what degree of competitive harm needs to be presented to support a trade secret invocation under the 2016 FOIA Improvement Act. In Busey Bank v. In Amyndas Pharmaceuticals, S.A.

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