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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Michael Geist

JUNE 28, 2022

As of this morning, there is still no reference to the statement, even though it is a public document having been tabled in the House of Commons. In fact, I have now obtained a copy of the Charter statement and posted it publicly here with an embed below. Charter Statement, Bill C-18 by michaelgeist. appeared first on Michael Geist.

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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

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. The initial court documents listed the names of several people involved, which likely included aliases.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 15, 2022

The documents in question are now shielded and the anti-piracy company would like it to keep it that way, to prevent adversaries from gathering knowledge. ” The transcript isn’t the only document MarkMonitor would like to keep away from the public. MarkMonitor Wants to Keep Anti-Piracy Secrets Safe.

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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

IPilogue

JULY 21, 2021

Kok, accessed more than 7,000 Motorola documents prior to joining Chinese rival company, Hytera Communications Corporation Limited (“Hytera Corp.”). assembled a digital two-way radio business largely deploying Motorola’s research and development, such as source code and confidential technical documents. Kok, and G.S Hytera Corp.

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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. This usually involves emailing documents to personal Gmail accounts or transferring reams of data onto external hard drives or other USB storage devices.

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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

Michael Geist

APRIL 11, 2023

Documents released under Access to Information and a careful review of government “summaries” point to a pattern of failing to fully brief Canadians on the policies and their development. I obtained a copy of the responses under ATIP , revealing that the criticism had been far more significant than previously disclosed.

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IP Tech Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Documents must be properly water-marked and classified; generally, procedures must be implemented in order to determine the flow of information and ensure its possession at all times. At the same time, internal safety procedures should be put in place to reduce the risk that secrets leak.

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Intellectual Property Due Diligence Ownership IP 113

SpicyIP

JULY 5, 2021

application of Section 8(1)(d) by the CIC and argues that the thesis is a public document as per UGC guidelines which cannot be withheld from the public. But the CIC failed to notice/address the mandatory language used in the ordinance (emphasis added) : 14(b) “ …two hard-bound copies and two soft copies of the corrected Ph.D.

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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. In 2020, Appian filed suit against both Pegasystems and Zou.

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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.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 31, 2023

Each beneficial owner needs to provide details including name, birthdate, address, a unique identification number, and the jurisdiction of issue from a valid identification document, along with a copy of the document. It’s important to note that data security and confidentiality aren’t taken lightly.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 11, 2023

The United States and the United Kingdom that collaborated with private companies to develop COVID-19 vaccines have released copies of their research and collaboration agreements under their Freedom of Information (FOI) laws with redactions. In fact, public disclosure of COVID-19 vaccine agreements is the global norm.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 21, 2021

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. The injunction and associated documents can be found here 1 , 2 , 3 , (pdf). It later disappeared.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Documents must be properly water-marked and classified; generally, procedures must be implemented in order to determine the flow of information and ensure its possession at all times. At the same time, internal safety procedures should be put in place to reduce the risk that secrets leak.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

APRIL 28, 2022

Generally, trade secrets refer to confidential information that confers a competitive advantage on its holder by virtue of being unknown by others. Generally, reasonable measures should be “adequate under the circumstances,” but go further than those used for ordinary confidential information. What Are Trade Secrets?

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Confidentiality Intellectual Property Contracts Litigation 52

Plagiarism Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The report will stay confidential, but I've been allowed to share the following text: pic.twitter.com/ZEsdGJ70UM — Kevin M. Plagiarism findings such as this are often warning signs of additional copying in the work. Thankfully, that process has concluded too. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) October 7, 2022.

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Intepat

MAY 24, 2023

This documentation is essential in establishing a precise record of title for the intellectual property being transferred. A music license agreement outlines the rights that will be granted , such as the number of copies of the work that can be reproduced, the applicable territory or countries, whether it is exclusive or non exclusive etc.

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Trading Secrets

JUNE 3, 2022

The court concluded that plaintiff adequately identified its trade secrets by describing the product, process, and supporting documentation. The district court reasoned that plaintiff needed to demonstrate that the corporate defendant copied plaintiff’s project in order to satisfy the “use” requirement under the DTSA. Runyon , Case No.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

In Hubbard v Vosper [1972] 2 QB 84 , the Church of Scientology sued a former member for publishing a book criticizing Scientology that contained material copied from Scientology books and documents, as well as confidential information pertaining to Scientology courses.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

no evidence of thumbdrives or downloading, no Dropbox or GoogleDoc dumps, nor emailed documents to personal email accounts), but it relies on a trade secret claim that an employee must still be using those trade secrets because they are successfully competing. The two decisions, CAE Integrated, Inc.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 24, 2023

Digital locks can be used by FinTech businesses to offer an extra layer of security to copies of their works. Patentibility faces two major challenges namely, framing of invention and prior art in the rapidly developing industry. Author : Dabiru Bhagyashree, a 4 th year IP Hons.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 11, 2024

ASPAC also filed an access to information request through which it hoped to obtain “copies of all documents involving the MPA and the use of the Ether platform.” The agreement was considered confidential and that ran counter to a requirement for transparency. Some issues did remain, however.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 1, 2022

million was transferred from accounts in violation of the court’s asset freeze but after showing a copy of a contempt motion to the defendants’ council, the defendants plus Beaman engaged in settlement discussions. The related court documents can be found here and here. DISH claims that $3.4

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

As explained below, this case is the latest in a line of decisions declining to find that evidence of improperly downloaded information may not be sufficiently compelling circumstantial evidence of misappropriation. ( A copy of the opinion can be found here ). What happened?

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IIPRD

JANUARY 23, 2023

Firstly, Direct infringement wherein a patented product can be literally copied element to element (Literal direct infringement) and equivalently copied with little to minimal changes not essentially affecting the effect of the product (Equivalent direct infringement). It is also generally available to Amazon Brand Registry.

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Patent Infringement Patent Cease and Desist IP 52

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The issue has often arisen in the context of protecting confidential information through copyright law. Transparent (IP) law Making via Leaked Documents: In 2013, Swaraj penned a post about Wikileaks leaked copy of the consolidated IP negotiating chapter for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) (see also ).

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

The patent had rights over a blockchain technology that improved the efficiency of certificate insurance and saved the users from the repetitive filing of the same documents demanded by multiple entities. The nodes authenticate transactions, add the data to their copy of the common ledger and transfer the ledger additions to all other nodes.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

The patent had rights over a blockchain technology that improved the efficiency of certificate insurance and saved the users from the repetitive filing of the same documents demanded by multiple entities. The nodes authenticate transactions, add the data to their copy of the common ledger and transfer the ledger additions to all other nodes.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

The patent had rights over a blockchain technology that improved the efficiency of certificate insurance and saved the users from the repetitive filing of the same documents demanded by multiple entities. The nodes authenticate transactions, add the data to their copy of the common ledger and transfer the ledger additions to all other nodes.

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Technology Patent IP Invention 52

The IPKat

OCTOBER 5, 2021

One is that under the 1977 Act deemed withdrawals happen when the applicant fails to file documents while refusals occur when applications do not comply with the 1977 Act ([73]). Arnold LJ cited case law to point out that an invention is a piece of information, and that there is no property in information even if confidential ([125]).

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 18, 2022

This information includes documents, source code, and witness testimony regarding the company’s efforts to track online pirates. MarkMonitor believes that the requested information is confidential and asks the court to keep it out of the public’s view. MarkMonitor Evidence. However, the argumentation certainly stands out.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Through the MPA, Columbia Pictures requested that certain sensitive documents should be sealed indefinitely. Many of the unsealed documents are heavily redacted and according to the court, these redactions will stay in place. After the lawsuit ended, several movie studios asked the court to keep sensitive records under seal.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

New online document inspection service The government is proposing to introduce a new digital service that will allow the public to view documents relating to trade mark and design applications online for the first time. The consultation document, and details of how to respond can be found here.

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