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Mr Justice Zacaroli finds manufacturing software copyright infringed and confidence breached in ex-employee fight

The IPKat

When one hears the claims of copyright infringement, confidential information and employment claims one can readily assume that this is an employer/ex-employee dispute. The issues (1) are the copyright and confidential information in ProSPC owned by PQ? (2) CyberMetrics then removed InSPC v1 from their website.

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Cox Sues Insurers for Failing to Cover Landmark Piracy Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

In a complaint filed at a federal court in Atlanta, Georgia, the ISP accuses the insurance companies of contract breach. There’s no mention of the amount at stake, so the settlement figure remains confidential. Beach of Contract?

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Bombay HC Clarifies the Contours of Copyright Infringement and Confidentiality Law

SpicyIP

Image of folder tag with text “confidential” Image from here. Saregama India Ltd & Anr deliberated upon the intersection of copyright infringement and confidentiality law and held that ideas cannot be copyrighted but can be protected through the application of confidentiality law. Background.

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Hollywood Demanded $16.3m From Pirate IPTV Services, Judge Awards ‘Just’ $272,500

TorrentFreak

Last month the plaintiffs filed a motion for default judgment, seeking maximum statutory damages for willful infringement ($150,000 per copyright work) for a total of $16,350,000. When considering whether their contributory copyright infringement claim would succeed, several factors come into play. .

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Hollywood Demands $16.35m From Operator of Pirate IPTV Services

TorrentFreak

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. Breach of Contract. The financial aspect of the settlement is confidential but whatever the amount, the studios now want to call in the debt.

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Former Employees and their New Employer Sued Over Stolen Software

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

As employees of MaddenCo, both Reed and Darby executed a Confidentiality Agreement wherein they agreed to not disclose any confidential information or material of MaddenCo or its subsidiaries. Per Plaintiff’s website, MaddenCo is a privately held family business and has been for over 40 years.

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Hollywood Wins Injunction To Shut Down Pirate IPTV Operations, Disable Domain Names

TorrentFreak

In October 2020, a confidential settlement was reached, which included a clause for Tusa not to create or be involved in any other similar services. They also allege a breach of contract in respect of the settlement agreement while demanding an injunction to restrain Tusa moving forward. It later disappeared.