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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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Tusa had been on the radar of the studios for some time and had previously shut down Area 51 after reaching a settlement agreement with anti-piracy coalition Alliance For Creativity and Entertainment. Tusa then signed a settlement agreement but went on to launch Digital UniCorn Media but denied he had anything to do with it.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 21, 2021

A pending settlement agreement included a clause that Tusa couldn’t launch or be involved with any similar services. After the apparent demise of Area 51 but in advance of the settlement being finalized, it’s alleged that Tusa launched a close copy of Area 51 called SingularityMedia, which scooped up Area 51’s customers.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

All meme-like images in this article are properly licensed. If the creator has greater leverage or financial means than the enforcement-targeted business, the result of these demands is often swift settlement. As these warnings often go unread, it is often a surprise that memes must be licensed, as they are copyrighted material.

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Intepat

JUNE 19, 2023

Therefore, it is important to make sure such confidential information is not publicised unauthorisedly. Further, such sale may also conflict with the existing licensing agreements with regard to the concerned intellectual property, should there be any. Licensing of patents is more complex owing to the technical information involved.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Lenz case got a lot of press, but it ended with a confidential settlement. To settle that dispute, the parties worked out an “exclusive” license: the second-comer could sell the design on Amazon, and the registrant could keep selling it on eBay. assertions. Signal 23 Television v.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In the case of Alice Corp v CLS Bank International, the US Supreme Court in 2014 held that claims to a computer-associated technique of mitigating “settlement risk” in various financial transactions were barred from patenting. An opt-in scheme could address the confidentiality concerns of IP owners.

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