LexBlog IP

JULY 11, 2023

Specifically, Teligistics alleged a former Liquid Networx employee obtained a copy of Teligistic’s internal Request for Proposal (“RFP”) in order to “tweak” Liquid Networx’s internal RFP, rather than spending time and resources developing their own RFP. See Providence Title Co. Truly Title, Inc.,

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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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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. The Tradeoff: Giving Up Secret Information To Get Exclusive Rights. In exchange for the public disclosure of your proprietary information, the government is willing to give you a patent.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

MARCH 11, 2024

The dispute arises from Valcrum’s allegation that Dexter, a manufacturer and distributor of axle and trailer accessories, has copied Valcrum’s hubcap design, including the distinctive red hex bezel, to market its own product called the “Fortress” hubcap.

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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. While the hard drive and cloud hosting accounts may offer important evidence, they could also expose sensitive personal information. Not Proportional.

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Trading Secrets

AUGUST 17, 2022

Everyone generally agrees that people and organizations should be able to protect their proprietary and valuable information. Employee can provide confidential information to Government Agencies without risk of being held liable by Brinks for liquidated damages or other financial penalties. with respect to such communications.”.

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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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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 13, 2022

A trade secret protects a business’s confidential and proprietary information. The information can be a formula, process, or customer list. However, information that does not fall into one of the four types of patentable inventions cannot be protected as a patent. The answer is: It depends. What Can Be Protected? .

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The IPKat

JANUARY 31, 2022

Under article 8(1) of the Enforcement Directive (Directive 2004/48/EC) a claimant in infringement proceedings can request a court to order certain parties to disclose information. This so-called ‘right to information’ includes information on the origin of the infringement (e.g. One image is depicted below.

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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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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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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.

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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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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. However, that can be valuable information to competitors.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 17, 2022

Confidential Settlement. Last week, they informed the Virginia federal court that an agreement had been reached. The full details of the settlement agreement are confidential. Instead of fighting the case on its merits, both parties have agreed to settle the case behind closed doors.

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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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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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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.

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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. As technology has advanced, departing employees have begun to misappropriate more efficiently.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 13, 2022

A trade secret protects a business’s confidential and proprietary information. The information can be a formula, process, or customer list. However, information that does not fall into one of the four types of patentable inventions cannot be protected as a patent. The answer is: It depends. What Can Be Protected?

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 5, 2023

The company’s claims included damages for “willful and malicious” copyright infringement due to the illegal copying, adaption and distribution of GTA source code and other protected content. and ASH_735 and Does 2-10, without prejudice,” the company informed the court.

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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.

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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. Additional software and technical measures are also encouraged to track and monitor flow of information and data.

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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.

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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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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.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 1, 2022

This far-reaching measure appears to have paid off as both parties have just informed the Virginia federal court that a settlement has been reached. did agree to log IP-address information on its US servers. — A copy of the rightsholders’ notice to dismiss the claims against VeePN is available here (pdf).

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SpicyIP

JULY 5, 2021

In Rajeev Kumar vs Jamia Millia Islamia (12th April 2021), an extremely interesting tussle was seen with the copyright over a thesis being pitted against a person’s right to obtain information under the Right to Information Act, 2005. Background. Assessment. suo moto mandatory disclosures. suo moto mandatory disclosures.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The court became involved because Telegram refused to hand over information that could identify the alleged pirates and channel operators. Judge Prathiba Maninder Singh ruled that Telegram had to share all identifying information it has on file. Telegram only stores minimal information.

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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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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

They want to reserve the right to sue these pirating subscribers in separate lawsuits and propose adding the following line to the protective order: “For the avoidance of doubt, the Plaintiffs are not limited from using subscriber information to pursue legal relief against certain subscribers,” the proposed addition reads.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The court became involved because Telegram refused to hand over information that could identify the alleged pirates and channel operators. Judge Prathiba Maninder Singh ruled that Telegram had to share all identifying information it has on file. In late August, the Delhi High Court sided with the rightsholders.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 2, 2023

The information was stored on a secure database which had restricted access on a "need to know" basis. Those who needed to know then had to sign a separate confidentiality agreement. During opening statements, UAC's lawyer said that it got all of the information it needed from suppliers like Boeing and publicly available sources.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 17, 2023

Instead of copied streams, captured from broadcasts, HeheStreams users were directed to genuine streams offered by sports broadcasters. A settlement agreement was reached but the terms remain confidential. He informed us that he’d been in discussion with one or more providers about disclosure.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 15, 2024

It includes reproduction, the preparation of derivative works, distributing copies by sale or rental, and public performance or display. The term, termination, consideration, and most importantly, the obligation to legally abide by the confidentiality of information shared between both parties shall be duly complied with.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

further stresses the importance of carefully crafting the terms and conditions in a non-disclosure agreement (“NDA”), and ensuring there is no ambiguity as to when the NDA’s confidentiality protections expire. Emerson Electric Co. The Inclusion of Expiration Dates in NDAs.

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Michael Geist

JUNE 28, 2022

In fact, I have now obtained a copy of the Charter statement and posted it publicly here with an embed below. The impact of treating links or indexing information as compensable raises serious concerns regarding new barriers to access to information. performing their statutory functions.

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