Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Anatomy of an M&A Transaction: How to Issue Spot for Non-Compete, Trade Secrets/Confidential Information, and Intellectual Capital Concerns. It is only by keeping up with the newest laws and court pronouncements that litigants can hope to prevail in this ever-changing landscape.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 18, 2023

27, 2023), involving a dispute between two businesses located in the same art gallery, serves as a reminder to New York art market participants to take care to avoid attorney conflicts of interest. 11] The decision provides a lesson for art market participants. 11] The decision provides a lesson for art market participants.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Anatomy of an M&A Transaction: How to Issue Spot for Non-Compete, Trade Secrets/Confidential Information, and Intellectual Capital Concerns. It is only by keeping up with the newest laws and court pronouncements that litigants can hope to prevail in this ever-changing landscape.

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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 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 defendant former employee was provided access to plaintiff’s confidential information during employment, including strategies on how to secure winning bids and information about plaintiff’s existing and potential clients. In the past, plaintiff had won about 75 percent of the bids it submitted for a specific client. 4th 531 (7th Cir.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Merpel gives the "German injunction gap" factor some much needed side-eye After the end of what English and Welsh litigators call the Trinity term (aka end of the term before the Court breaks for the summer holidays), Mr Justice Mellor was working overtime to deliver two decisions. Libre 2 was launched in October 2020.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

What has been the market-effect on the underlying work? The court ruled in favor of Grumpy Cat Limited, awarding $710,000 in damages for trademark and copyright infringement, as well as breach of contract. The first factor is of chief concern ordinarily. What is the purpose and character of the use? Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Speaking of this topic, I can’t miss Bedaquiline , the first new drug to receive approval to treat tuberculosis (TB) in over 40 years, which raised serious questions about its marketing approval without mandatory Phase III clinical trials in India and around informed consent of Indian patients.

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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. Biosimilar Approvals and Launches in 2020. Conclusion.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s era, where the whole world has turned to virtual means, blockchain as a technology is gathering everyone’s attention and showing accelerating growth in its market. An opt-in scheme could address the confidentiality concerns of IP owners.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s era, where the whole world has turned to virtual means, blockchain as a technology is gathering everyone’s attention and showing accelerating growth in its market. An opt-in scheme could address the confidentiality concerns of IP owners.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s era, where the whole world has turned to virtual means, blockchain as a technology is gathering everyone’s attention and showing accelerating growth in its market. An opt-in scheme could address the confidentiality concerns of IP owners.

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 19, 2022

In April 2014 Foro contacted Vita through the generic contact form on Vita’s website to discuss building a deployment wheel for Foro’s laser, which it marketed as a multiconductor cutting tool. (“Foro”) is in the business of commercializing the application of high-powered lasers for the oil, natural gas, geothermal and mining industries.

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Courts also continue to allow creative damage theories based upon avoided development costs or unjust enrichment even where there may only be disclosure rather than use or no competing market product embodying the misappropriated secrets. And we expect combating ransomware to remain a top priority for the DOJ in 2023.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Per the Plaintiff’s website, 3CHI was founded by a biochemist that has focused on cannabinoid research and brining minor cannabinoids to market. During her employment, Journay was promoted to Marketing Manager. 3CHI alleges to have almost single handedly put cannabis into national mainstream acceptance.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Courts also continue to allow creative damage theories based upon avoided development costs or unjust enrichment even where there may only be disclosure rather than use or no competing market product embodying the misappropriated secrets. And we expect combating ransomware to remain a top priority for the DOJ in 2023.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

LinkedIn case, which up until now was the most important case in the history of US web-scraping litigation. Then he reversed course on remand and ruled in favor of LinkedIn on its breach of contract claims. Bright Data responded by closing its Meta accounts and terminating its online contracts with Meta. Meta Platforms, Inc.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

For trademarks, a good place to start is the company’s marketing and promotional materials, website, mobile app, and social media. Sometimes marketing departments and independent divisions spin out valuable intellectual property assets that, for one reason or another, never made it past the desk of general counsel or a responsible executive.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 17, 2021

Customer Data Breach Litig., provides data collection and maintenance software solutions for administration, fundraising, marketing, and analytics to social good entities such as non-profit organizations, foundations, educational institutions, faith communities, and healthcare organizations.” This litigation followed.

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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. Anatomy of a Restrictive Covenant. How and Why Texas Is Different When It Comes to Trade Secrets and Non-Competes. How Multijurisdictional Businesses Should Approach Non-Competes. its training procedures, and its off-boarding policies.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2022

The biosimilar market also exhibited continued growth, with multiple biosimilar developers reporting strong sales of biosimilars through 2021. Litigation under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA) in the district courts also decreased. BPCIA Litigation. Introduction. Biosimilar Regulatory Updates.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) hosted a virtual workshop on December 6-7, 2021, bringing together agency representatives, lawyers, economists, academics, and other experts to discuss issues affecting competition in the labor market (“Workshop”).

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

The EUIPO would conduct non-binding checks to determine whether a patent is essential to a standard; Before launching a litigation, parties to a SEP licensing dispute would have to go through a mandatory conciliation procedure administered by the EUIPO. Essentiality checks do not eliminate litigation.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Protecting Confidential Information and Client Relationships in the Financial Services Industry. Anatomy of a Restrictive Covenant. How and Why Texas Is Different When It Comes to Trade Secrets and Non-Competes. How Multijurisdictional Businesses Should Approach Non-Competes. its training procedures, and its off-boarding policies.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

Moreover, there is nothing to suggest that the CFRA was designed to be used as a defense to a private breach of contract action. Gallagher Data Breach Litigation , 631 F.Supp.3d Consumer Reviews * Route App, Inc. Heuberger , 2023 WL 5334192 (D. Are doctors still violating the Consumer Review Fairness Act to gag their patients?

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LexBlog IP

JULY 13, 2021

” Although the FTC did not specifically address the issue of non-competes, in response to its invitation for public comments, the Open Markets Institute (OMI) submitted a statement urging the FTC to, among other things, “restrict or prohibit non-compete agreements that impair worker mobility and depress wages.”

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 31, 2022

” The post Quick Links from the Past Year, Part 8 (Editorial Transparency) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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