LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In our latest Privacy and Security Roundup , we cover the Senate-passed bill that includes nearly $2 billion in national cybersecurity funding, recent sanctions by the SEC on investment advisors and broker-dealers, a new initiative that aims to improve defense planning and information sharing between the public and private sectors, and more.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 13, 2022

Amidst growing concerns surrounding online privacy and security, VPN services have become increasingly popular in recent years. Among other things, the VPN company argued that the movie companies never sent any of their alleged copyright infringement and takedown notices to TorGuard’s designated DMCA agent. Settlement & U.S.

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Settlement Copyright Infringement Privacy Confidentiality 136

IP Intelligence

MARCH 21, 2023

The rules for using AI technology under an enterprise license are likely more permissive than those for consumer-facing AI tools, as the former will likely have broader confidentiality and indemnity protections than the latter. By design, generative AI improves upon its technology by incorporating user prompts in its training data.

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Intellectual Property Confidentiality Copyright Infringement IP 95

Trading Secrets

JULY 31, 2023

On July 10th, the European Commission issued its Implementing Decision regarding the adequacy of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”). Since the structure of the program wasn’t the primary reason for Privacy Shield’s revocation, from a business perspective, the current DPF looks a lot like the old Privacy Shield.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 18, 2021

Whether it’s a seasoned designer coming with plug-and-play experience or a fresh face just out of design school, sometimes it just doesn’t work out. Recently, several of my designer clients have had to fire an employee due to the employee’s misconduct. text: ‘Privacy’, }. }. }); });

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LexBlog IP

JULY 31, 2023

On July 10th, the European Commission issued its Implementing Decision regarding the adequacy of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”). Since the structure of the program wasn’t the primary reason for Privacy Shield’s revocation, from a business perspective, the current DPF looks a lot like the old Privacy Shield.

Privacy 52

Privacy Business Law Intellectual Property 52

LexBlog IP

MARCH 21, 2023

The rules for using AI technology under an enterprise license are likely more permissive than those for consumer-facing AI tools, as the former will likely have broader confidentiality and indemnity protections than the latter. By design, generative AI improves upon its technology by incorporating user prompts in its training data.

Intellectual Property 59

Intellectual Property Confidentiality Copyright Infringement IP 59

The IPKat

MARCH 18, 2023

The second part focuses on protecting products through patents and industrial design. The fourth part explains copyright and related rights including performers rights and moral rights as well as confidential information. The third part addresses the way that things are sold, focusing on trade marks, passing off and unfair competition.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 28, 2023

Second, the difficulty lies in locating an appropriate balance between the interests to confidentiality of data principals and permissible exceptions, particularly in terms of how the government processes personal data. In this setting, it is essential to make changes to the privacy laws and law governing copyright.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2022

Defendants are five former network salespeople of Belle Cosmetics, who plaintiff alleges, helped design and launch a competing product line for a company called Juvanae LLC. Or if the court has to determine how many users included in the Facebook were not network salespeople before confidentiality of the asserted trade secrets is destroyed.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

Cases pertaining to Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Geographical Indications, Plant Varieties, Designs, Semiconductor integrated circuit layout designs, Traditional Knowledge, and all rights under common law, if any, associated therewith; Cases relating to passing off, acts of unfair competition, disparagement, comparative advertising, etc.;

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Intellectual Property IP Confidentiality Privacy 52

LexBlog IP

MAY 9, 2022

For many trade-secret litigants and their counsel, the solution lies in simply drafting and agreeing to a protective order governing the treatment of any ‘confidential’ material. Among other things, the APO authorized the sealing—in perpetuity—of any documents the parties marked confidential in discovery.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In this designation, OFAC stated that companies operating or facilitating digital currency platforms such as SUEX “are critical to the profitability of ransomware attacks, which help fund additional cybercriminal activity.” For example: As previously covered in our September Privacy and Security Roundup, the U.S.

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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. Ninth Circuit’s Decision in Bladeroom.

Confidentiality 52

Confidentiality Contracts Public Domain Designs 52

Trading Secrets

JUNE 28, 2022

The new policy highlights the DOJ’s goal to promote privacy and cybersecurity by upholding the legal rights of individuals and network owners to ensure confidentiality and availability of information stored in their information systems. the defendant’s conduct consisted of good-faith security research.

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Confidentiality Privacy Contracts Blogging 59

TorrentFreak

MARCH 31, 2023

More than 15 years later, judges in dozens of countries have not only approved blocking injunctions that target static sites but are also happy to hand down flexible orders designed to rapidly counter new domains, proxies, and mirrors. While that may be considered a plus, customers and privacy advocates may be less pleased with other details.

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IP Reporting Confidentiality Privacy 131

The IPKat

JULY 13, 2021

In early June, the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law ’s Center for Intellectual Property, Information, and Privacy Law organized and hosted its 12th Annual Ethics in the Practice of IP Law virtual seminar. The key, according to Gene, is to obtain enough information to know the lane you are in while not getting too much.

Law 76

Law Reporting IP Privacy 76

Michael Geist

APRIL 11, 2023

The bill, which reports suggest will even include age verification requirements that raise significant privacy and expression concerns, is expected to emerge as the most controversial of the government’s three-part Internet regulation plan that also includes Bill C-11 and Bill C-18.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 10, 2021

The email was sent to the patient’s work email address, although she had specifically designated a private email address as her preferred method of contact. The group emails were monitored by the employer’s security, privacy, and practices teams, so other employees also may have seen the email.

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Confidentiality Privacy Reporting Designs 52

LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

ABL alleged that Zolezzi misappropriated more than 90 confidential and proprietary files. The files included ABL’s detailed business plans and documents disclosing ABL’s scientific testing results, experimental designs, patent applications, formulations, manufacturing processes, and marketing strategies.

Business 52

Business Confidentiality Technology Design Patent 52

LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

This software helps automate cemetery design plans and expedites managerial tasks. PlotBox says they had no awareness of a confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement, or that the information provided to them was a trade secret. As the Court put it: “True, PlotBox might never have read the CEO’s confidentiality agreement.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Illinois employers planning to protect confidential and proprietary trade secret information through the use of non-compete agreements or non-solicitation agreements need to be aware of amendments to the Illinois Freedom to Work Act that will take effect on January 1, 2022.

Confidentiality 52

Confidentiality Designs Design Law 52

IP and Legal Filings

MAY 29, 2022

Trade secrets uphold the secrecy of integral information of an enterprise relating to its strategies, programs, designs, patterns, or more. They give a competitive edge to the brand and are not subject to public knowledge. Trade secrets also act as research tools for the company to modify its brand.

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Contracts Confidentiality Copyright Law Law 52

LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 27, 2022

In Matthews , the plaintiff, a manufacturer, designer, installer, and servicer of cremation equipment, asserted “claims of trade secret misappropriation [under both federal and state law] and breach of contract against several of its former employees and two of the entities where they are now employed.”

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Confidentiality Contracts Law Designs 52

LexBlog IP

MARCH 23, 2022

The Eastern District of New York recently highlighted the importance of maintaining the confidentiality of trade secrets where the underlying trade secrets are readily apparent to anyone interacting with the holder’s product. ” Turret Labs USA, Inc. CargoSprint, LLC , No. 19CV6793EKRML, 2021 WL 535217, at *1 (E.D.N.Y. ” Id.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Patients’ Rights Articles 9 to 11 of the new Mental Health Law outline the fundamental rights of psychopaths, emphasizing the need for a comprehensive explanation of their rights during admission, a favourable environment, protection of civil rights, and privacy. Penalties Chapter 6 outlines penalties in mental health law.

Law 52

Law Reporting Licensing Confidentiality 52

IIPRD

OCTOBER 14, 2022

After the amendment of 1994, programs designed to operate computers are included in the meaning of “literary works” under the Act. TRADE SECRETS: A trade secret is any equation, design, technology, equipment, method, strategy, data synthesis, or computer programme (referred to collectively as proprietary information).

Intellectual Property 52

Intellectual Property Confidentiality Copyright Technology 52

LexBlog IP

AUGUST 22, 2022

REXA argued that Chester and MEA’s actuator incorporated and disclosed confidential designs contained within the prototype Koso developed in 2002. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Chester and MEA. REXA appealed. ” Id.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2021

These interests include business good will, trade secrets, or other confidential and proprietary information. These details help to demonstrate that the non-compete agreement is designed to protect the business interests of the hiring party.

Confidentiality 52

Confidentiality Business Litigation Designs 52

LexBlog IP

JULY 15, 2021

On June 16, and then on July 6, 2021, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law a pair of bills that together address privacy and cybersecurity in the state.

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Reporting Privacy Business Licensing 40

Patently-O

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Professor Rebecca Wexler is a rising star in scholarship at the intersection of data, technology, and secrecy in the criminal legal system, with a particular focus on evidence law, trade secret law, and data privacy. Criminal Trade Secret Case Management.

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Litigation Intellectual Property Business Government 105

LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Then the ITC has 30 days to conduct a preliminary, confidential ex parte review to determine if there is a reasonable indication that the article more likely than not is a covered article. ” Additionally, we wrote early this year about the Senate’s passage of a bill designed to punish foreign actors for IP theft.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

After discovering that some of those newly hired engineers had downloaded Wisk confidential documents before their departure to Archer, Wisk brought claims in the District Court for the Northern District of California under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”), 18 U.S.C. § § 1836 et seq. ,

Technology 52

Technology Designs Design Marketing 52

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In the world of IP, blockchain technologies offer real-time possibilities for IP protection, evidence and registration at either the registry stage or in the court when it comes to questions of data security and privacy concerns – a hot topic of recent times. An opt-in scheme could address the confidentiality concerns of IP owners.

Technology 52

Technology Patent IP Invention 52

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In the world of IP, blockchain technologies offer real-time possibilities for IP protection, evidence and registration at either the registry stage or in the court when it comes to questions of data security and privacy concerns – a hot topic of recent times. An opt-in scheme could address the confidentiality concerns of IP owners.

Technology 52

Technology Patent IP Invention 52

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In the world of IP, blockchain technologies offer real-time possibilities for IP protection, evidence and registration at either the registry stage or in the court when it comes to questions of data security and privacy concerns – a hot topic of recent times. An opt-in scheme could address the confidentiality concerns of IP owners.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 3, 2022

Similarly, with respect to Medterra, the district court noted that HRMG “cannot establish that Medterra used, acquired, or disclosed any of HRMG’s confidential information.” ” Id. FOOTNOTES. [1] secret; and. ” 18 U.S.C. § § 1836.

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