The IPKat

JANUARY 31, 2023

In the consequentials hearing judgment [2023] EWHC 138 , the Judge dealt with (1) royalty payments; (2) costs; (3) confidentiality; and (4) permission to appeal. Of the most interesting to this Kat was the treatment of costs (well, some of them), confidentiality and permission to appeal. The result being that money was due.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

partner but that it may well have stolen confidential information to use to its advantage. The North Carolina Business Court has axed certain counterclaims against a Swedish company that makes robotic lawn mowers for allegedly bailing on a partnership agreement, finding the Swedish firm owed no fiduciary duty to its former U.S.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 11, 2023

d/b/a Liquid Networx (“Liquid Networx”) and company executives Travis Wood and Robert Short, alleging they misappropriated trade secrets concerning its online platform for handling contracts named Telibid. 2021) (“[B]usiness information is not necessarily a trade secret simply because it is confidential.”).

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 2, 2021

A settlement agreement was reached where Elation could inspect the software developed by Shi and prevent the use of any trade secrets or confidential information. Elation is an important decision for California companies suing to recover and prevent the use of confidential information in violation of confidentiality agreements or NDAs.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2022

Review Your Contracts Every Year. One of the most important tools to protect your business – your ideas (copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information), customer relationships and talent pool – is your written contract. Franken-contracts can ruin your business.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 5, 2022

A split Eighth Circuit has backed a lower court's decision to toss Minnesota-based Protege Biomedical LLC's suit against a New York-based financial advising firm, saying the adviser did not breach its contract with Protege over an alleged leak of confidential information to a competitor.

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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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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Or whether the agencies should be provided royalties for the same if the idea is used for marketing purposes after their contract has ended? In instances where the idea is used after the contract with the agency has ended, the agency is often not compensated separately. Role of Contracts. Challenges.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

A New Jersey federal judge will allow retaliation counterclaims to proceed against Cognizant Technology, finding two former executives accused of breaching employment contracts by obtaining confidential data after leaving the company have plausibly alleged the company's lawsuit aims to intimidate them for filing discrimination charges.

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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. AstraZeneca is a global company, some contracts can require engaging in services in other countries.

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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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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.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

A California federal judge has shot down software company WalkMe's request for a temporary restraining order in its suit alleging a rival interfered with customer contracts and accessed confidential information without permission, expediting discovery in the dispute.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 16, 2021

With IP forming a major role in the company wealth generation, the company must ensure that such IP issues are met perfectly so that the company can have maximum output and wealth generation. Enforcing your IP. The IP is recognized in different forms under each jurisdiction. Image Source: gettyimages].

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC is fighting to disqualify a legal team from representing a Nevada toy-maker that sued Sony in California federal court for contract violations in 2020, arguing the lawyers consulted with the entertainment giant's former in-house counsel who shared privileged information with the plaintiffs.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 31, 2021

million trial verdict over Emerson Electric's alleged use of stolen trade secrets to win a lucrative Facebook contract, finding a California district court misinterpreted the expiration date of a confidentiality agreement at the heart of the case. The Ninth Circuit on Monday wiped out BladeRoom's $77.4

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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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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, filed suit on Wednesday in California state court against the owner behind social media accounts accused of leaking confidential music without permission, alleging contract breach and trade secret misappropriation.

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IP Tech Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Moreover, with fewer restrictions on employee mobility post-employment, it is important companies have adequate NDAs and confidentiality agreements in place to protect proprietary information. First, AB 1076 renders all noncompete clauses in employment contracts void. Second, AB 1076 introduces a notice requirement.

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

We would always recommend that businesses like Stocked, well, take stock of their IP from early on in their journey, to see how investment could be leveraged from their IP. There are some things to consider before licensing your IP: What is the main IP being licensed? Did you enjoy this episode?

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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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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

employees used confidential information from the long-range acoustic device company at a competitor one of them founded, but left room for the case to be amended. A California federal judge has mostly trimmed a lawsuit claiming two former Genasys Inc.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Azar & Associates PC breached her employment and confidentiality agreements with the prominent Denver personal injury firm and awarded the firm $4,000 in damages. A Colorado jury on Tuesday concluded that a former attorney for Franklin D.

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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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The IPKat

AUGUST 17, 2023

Indeed most IP litigators practicing in the UK have never had the pleasure of navigating what is now the King's Bench Division (KBD), spending most of their life in the comparatively modern Chancery Division. There was no written contract of employment. 1872) The cat - Felis domesticus., after a sell/transfer of shares).

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 20, 2023

The past week in London has seen Getty Images sue an AI art platform for copyright breaches, former London mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith sue Mirror Group Newspapers in a confidential information claim, and legal action brought against Budweiser by pub chain JD Wetherspoon in a commercial contracts claim.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Meena Alnajar is an IPilogue Writer, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. . According to Variety , Johansson’s contract read that Black Widow would be guaranteed a ‘wide release’, meaning that “the film would be shown on at least 1,500 screens.” Therefore, Johansson is likely to win in court.

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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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IP Law 360

JANUARY 18, 2022

to help develop a cancer treatment, saying Meridian can't back up its allegations that OncoGenerix misappropriated its confidential information. An Illinois federal judge granted OncoGenerix USA Inc. summary judgment on almost all claims in a suit alleging it violated an agreement with Meridian Laboratories Inc.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 21, 2022

A Texas land surveying company said one of its former vice presidents violated federal law and breached his contract when he allegedly stole confidential information before leaving to join a competitor, according to a lawsuit filed in Texas federal court.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Moreover, with fewer restrictions on employee mobility post-employment, it is important companies have adequate NDAs and confidentiality agreements in place to protect proprietary information. First, AB 1076 renders all noncompete clauses in employment contracts void. Second, AB 1076 introduces a notice requirement.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Postal Service of misappropriating the company's confidential business knowledge and wrongly terminating its contract after the post office launched its own e-commerce platform. A Utah federal judge Thursday shaved off claims in a $500 million lawsuit brought by a third-party reseller accusing the U.S.

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Trading Secrets

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Tailored specifically for general counsel, labor and employment counsel, IP counsel, and HR professionals, this webinar offers essential insights into trade secrets, non-competes and restrictive covenants, and computer fraud. State legislatures continued to narrow the use of the non-competes. Minnesota adopted a ban on non-competes.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

s complaint alleging two former executives violated non-compete and trade secret contracts by taking confidential documents from company computers shortly before joining a rival company, ruling that the men had not shown the allegations would prejudice them.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

A national environmental remediation firm and two of its subsidiaries are seeking an injunction in Colorado federal court to stop a former manager based in the state from using their trade secrets, alleging the "disloyal insider" stole hundreds of confidential company documents to start a rival venture and underbid them on major contracts.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 17, 2021

In legal terms, those rights are intellectual property (IP) rights such as copyright, patents, and trademarks, confidentiality obligations, and contract rights. Each IP right has its own rules, and applying those rules to data leads to a complex, multi-layered analysis where the law can be unsettled and uncertain.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 23, 2023

Therefore, when a company needs to share its highly-guarded trade secrets with a subcontractor in order to complete a project together, most companies understandably require the subcontractor to enter into a confidentiality agreement that includes a non-disclosure provision. The benefits of including a liquidated damages provision is obvious.

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