The IPKat

AUGUST 23, 2023

Confidential Information Image by Riana Harvey Annsley Merelle Ward discussed the recent decision Mimo Connect v Burley & Ors [2023] EWCA Civ 909 and in particular the fact that facts are everything in confidential information cases. Here is a brief recap of the topics covered last week on The IPKat.

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Confidentiality Artwork Copying Copyright 52

Patent Trademark Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

If you have a simple product that others can easily copy, you wouldn’t be thinking about keeping anything confidential. And if you have powerful knowledge that is confidential, will others be able to be able to figure it out after breaking apart your product? Can you keep your US patent application confidential?

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Confidentiality Patent Patent Application Invention 96

TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 29, 2021

According to Strike 3 the man pirated 54 movies and through discovery it requested permission to inspect a copy of his hard drive and cloud hosting accounts for evidence. Judge Pym also reviewed Strike 3’s offer but concluded that this isn’t sufficient to protect the defendant’s privacy and confidentiality rights.

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Privacy Confidentiality Copying Copyright Infringement 142

IP Law 360

MARCH 15, 2023

Former Proskauer Rose LLP Chief Operating Officer Jonathan O'Brien asked a New York federal judge on Tuesday to throw out trade secret misappropriation and conversion claims from a suit accusing him of stealing Proskauer's confidential information, arguing that the firm has not shown that he used the secret documents he allegedly copied.

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Confidentiality Copying 81

Trading Secrets

AUGUST 17, 2022

Specifically, the rule provides that “[n]o person may take any action to impede an individual from communicating directly with the Commission staff about a possible securities law violation, including enforcing, or threatening to enforce, a confidentiality agreement. with respect to such communications.”.

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Confidentiality Cease and Desist Government Reporting 122

Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

However, shortly after publication, another journalist, Josh Bavas, took to Twitter to ask why the article copied four paragraphs from a piece that he wrote two years prior. One does not copy and paste whole paragraphs from another source without any attribution or indication of quoting accidentally.

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Plagiarism Copying Publishing Reporting 205

The IPKat

MAY 12, 2023

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. US proceedings were filed by PQ against CyberMetrics in October 2017, Mr Aughton was deposed in October 2021 and the proceedings then settled on confidential terms.

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Copyright Infringement Copyright Confidentiality Copying 67

TorrentFreak

JANUARY 17, 2022

Confidential Settlement. The full details of the settlement agreement are confidential. “Pursuant to the confidential settlement agreement, Plaintiffs have requested and Defendant KeepSolid has agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to block BitTorrent traffic,” the joint dismissal stipulation reads.

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Settlement Confidentiality Copyright Infringement Copyright 145

TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 20, 2022

With the orders in hand, a search party was permitted to enter several buildings and search, copy, or remove evidence including any computers and documents that were linked to the alleged offenses. After the early fireworks, the case proceeded quietly in the background, while confidential filings kept the general public out of the loop.

Copyright Infringement 118

Copyright Infringement Copyright Copying Confidentiality 118

The IP Law Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

The plaintiffs alleged that OpenAI copied their published books, which are protected by copyright law, and used them in a training dataset for its LLM. To allege a valid copyright infringement claim, a plaintiff must show that: (1) that he or she owns a valid copyright; and (2) that the defendant “copied aspects of his [or her] work.”

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Derivative Work Copying Copyright Infringement Copyright 112

The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 13, 2022

A trade secret protects a business’s confidential and proprietary information. However, if the trade secret can be copied or reverse-engineered (without unlawful conduct), or independently created, then there is no longer any protection. The answer is: It depends. What Can Be Protected? . A patent protects an invention.

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Patent Invention Patent Application Confidentiality 104

Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 7, 2022

For the company executive, in-house counsel, or HR professional, we hope this guide will provide a starting point to answer your questions about restrictive covenants and protecting your company’s most valuable and confidential assets. Request a Copy. If you have any questions, please contact Colleen Vest at cvest@seyfarth.com. .

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Editing Confidentiality Copying 64

IP Law 360

JULY 18, 2023

The Sixth Circuit has turned down an Ohio business' bid to breathe new life into its trade secrets suit against Prudential Financial over a purportedly copied death benefit rider, finding it failed to show that the information at issue classifies as a confidential trade secret.

Confidentiality 40

Confidentiality Copying Business 40

Plagiarism Today

MARCH 22, 2022

However, now the sides have reached a confidential settlement that brings the case to an end. The lawsuit was filed by Anastas “Pupa Nas-T” Hackett, who claims that the defendants willfully copied his song Work without a license or attribution. The judge dismissed the first iteration of the lawsuit but allowed them to refile.

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TorrentFreak

MAY 7, 2023

DISH said it sent “hundreds of notices” requesting removal of content under the DMCA, along with copies of lawsuits and judgments relating to pirate IPTV services. Confidentiality Agreement After a couple of weeks of relative calm, the parties agreed on a confidentiality order and from there, nothing but silence until December 2022.

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Settlement Confidentiality Reporting Copyright Infringement 110

LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 7, 2022

For the company executive, in-house counsel, or HR professional, we hope this guide will provide a starting point to answer your questions about restrictive covenants and protecting your company’s most valuable and confidential assets. Request a Copy.

Editing 52

Editing Confidentiality Copying Intellectual Property 52

Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 3, 2021

For the company executive, in-house counsel, or HR professional, we hope this guide will provide a starting point to answer your questions about restrictive covenants and protecting your company’s most valuable and confidential assets. Request a Copy. If you have any questions, please contact Colleen Vest at cvest@seyfarth.com. .

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Editing Confidentiality Copying 64

Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 13, 2022

According to a 1999 report by Washington City Paper , she first found herself dealing with accusations of plagiarism, something she blamed on copy and paste errors. Any errors in it were either extremely minor or were made deliberately to protect a confidential source. However, almost from the beginning, she was beset by controversy.

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Confidentiality Journalism Plagiarism Publishing 214

LexBlog IP

APRIL 5, 2023

Employers will now have one less tool to prevent former workers, including both former employees and independent contractors, from starting a competing business using trade secrets or other confidential information gained from their former employment.

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Confidentiality Intellectual Property Business Patent Prosecution 52

JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Misappropriation of trade secrets and confidential information used to involve an employee walking out the door with a box of records they spent hours copying after hours. As technology has advanced, departing employees have begun to misappropriate more efficiently.

Confidentiality 52

Confidentiality Copying Technology 52

Patently-O

AUGUST 13, 2021

The court relied upon additional facts not found in the question presented–noting that the document in question was distributed to hundreds of customers over a span of years and without any confidentiality restrictions; and that product advertisements were designed to attract persons of skill in the art. Centripetal Networks, Inc.

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Confidentiality Advertising Advertising Invention 92

IPilogue

JULY 21, 2021

assembled a digital two-way radio business largely deploying Motorola’s research and development, such as source code and confidential technical documents. copyright laws by copying their source code, it also complained that Hytera infringed the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act. Hytera Corp.

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Confidentiality Intellectual Property Technology Copyright Law 106

SpicyIP

JANUARY 12, 2022

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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Confidentiality Copyright Infringement Copyright Law 138

TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Confidential Targets. This information remains confidential to prevent the targeted operators from taking circumvention measures, such as moving to new streaming servers or changing IP addresses. — A copy of the FIFA World Cup blocking order, issued by Federal Court Judge Richard Mosley is available here (pdf).

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Confidentiality Television IP Copying 121

LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 3, 2021

For the company executive, in-house counsel, or HR professional, we hope this guide will provide a starting point to answer your questions about restrictive covenants and protecting your company’s most valuable and confidential assets. Request a Copy.

Editing 52

Editing Confidentiality Copying Intellectual Property 52

IP Law 360

JANUARY 26, 2022

s recent Washington federal court action alleging that Stanford University copied a treatment based on research involving the tribes' confidential information, the parties' pleadings shed light on best practices for addressing ownership of sponsored research results in clear and precise terms, says attorney Catlan McCurdy.

Confidentiality 40

Confidentiality Ownership Copying IP 40

TorrentFreak

AUGUST 15, 2022

“The transcript contains information and reference to MarkMonitor’s source code that is private, proprietary, confidential and commercially sensitive trade secret information regarding its antipiracy detection system,” MarkMonitor writes. Accordingly, this exhibit should be destroyed or permanently sealed.”

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Confidentiality Settlement Copying Litigation 127

LexBlog IP

JANUARY 13, 2022

A trade secret protects a business’s confidential and proprietary information. However, if the trade secret can be copied or reverse-engineered (without unlawful conduct), or independently created, then there is no longer any protection. The answer is: It depends. What Can Be Protected? A patent protects an invention.

Patent 52

Patent Invention Patent Application Confidentiality 52

Trading Secrets

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

An employee had an agreement with a company that placed restrictions on the employee’s ability to solicit or accept business from the company’s customers, to disclose confidential information, and to have competitive employment during the term of employment. Employee agrees that she will not duplicate or otherwise copy any such property.

Confidentiality 64

Confidentiality Settlement Contracts Business 64

IP Tech Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Employment or cooperation agreements must ensure confidentiality and include proper non-compete-clauses to avoid risk of theft by employees or other unauthorized parties. Additional software and technical measures are also encouraged to track and monitor flow of information and data.

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Intellectual Property Due Diligence Ownership IP 113

LexBlog IP

MARCH 14, 2024

The plaintiffs alleged that OpenAI copied their published books, which are protected by copyright law, and used them in a training dataset for its LLM. (It is unclear from the Court’s Order as to why the OpenAI defendants did not also move to dismiss this cause of action.)

Derivative Work 52

Derivative Work Copying Copyright Infringement Copyright 52

LexBlog IP

MAY 12, 2022

In exchange for payment, Zou provided Pegasystems with copies of Appian’s confidential software and documentation in violation of confidentiality restrictions that barred him from sharing Appian’s trade secrets. Pegasystems hired Youyong Zou, an employee of a government contractor and former developer for Appian.

Confidentiality 52

Confidentiality Copying Government Privacy 52

TorrentFreak

AUGUST 1, 2022

“The confidential settlement agreement does not obligate VeePN to implement any kind of measures in order to store log records of the IP addresses tied to servers in the United States under VeePN’s control and retain said log records,” Rozum notes. In another lawsuit that was resolved last year, VPN.ht

Settlement 136

Settlement Confidentiality IP Advertising 136

Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

It involves several IP rights, some of which overlap in some cases: copyright, trademarks, patents, trade secrets/confidential information, and the right of publicity (and similar rights with different names). Singapore (computational data analysis; user must not “use the copy for any other purpose”) f. Japan (Art. 47 septies ) e.

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IP Derivative Work Intellectual Property Art 120

The IPKat

AUGUST 2, 2023

Those who needed to know then had to sign a separate confidentiality agreement. UAC also claimed that Alcoa's efforts to maintain information as confidential were flawed, arguing that it had stamped 20-year old documents as proprietary weeks before suing.

Confidentiality 52

Confidentiality Litigation Privacy Technology 52

LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

An employee had an agreement with a company that placed restrictions on the employee’s ability to solicit or accept business from the company’s customers, to disclose confidential information, and to have competitive employment during the term of employment.

Confidentiality 52

Confidentiality Settlement Contracts Business 52

TorrentFreak

MARCH 13, 2022

Earlier this month, both parties agreed to end the legal dispute with a confidential settlement agreement. — A copy of the joint stipulation, mentioning the dismissal and the blocking intent, is available here (pdf). There is no evidence that any money will change hands and both sides have agreed to cover their own costs.

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Settlement Copyright Infringement Privacy Confidentiality 134