LexBlog IP

JANUARY 5, 2023

Do defendants and the court have the right to ask who is funding a particular patent litigation? ” The second standing order applies when third-party persons or entities are “funding [] some or all of the party’s attorney fees and/or expenses to litigate [the] action.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 19, 2023

New Developments in China Trade Secret Litigation by Founders Legal China’s Growing Focus on Intellectual Property: The Beijing IP Court Steps Up Protections Trade secrets have become increasingly important in today’s globalized business environment, serving as vital intangible assets for many companies.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2022

Circuit Judge Jimmie Reyna authored a brief dissent from the majority opinion, arguing that Leader’s disclosure of certain confidential information with another company sued by Static for the development of a joint defense strategy was a violation of the district court’s protective order.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 20, 2023

The past week in London has seen Getty Images sue an AI art platform for copyright breaches, former London mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith sue Mirror Group Newspapers in a confidential information claim, and legal action brought against Budweiser by pub chain JD Wetherspoon in a commercial contracts claim.

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IP Tech Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

There are, however, several challenges related to obtaining IP protection for algorithms in China. Lack of IP protection may expose the development to theft, infringement and misuse by Chinese competitors and it may result in huge economic losses for the developers.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

Intellectual property (IP) can seem abstract. You can see and experience the benefits of innovation, but you can’t touch IP itself. So what is IP exactly? More specifically, IP is a legal right that gives the owner power to stop others from doing something. Can you build IP in selling such existing products?

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IPilogue

MAY 17, 2022

Meena Alnajar is an IPilogue Senior Editor, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Trade secrets require elements such as: value (economic/industrial), that it is kept secret, and that there are reasonable measures in place to keep it confidential.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Considering that IP disputes often involve technical subject matters, different High Courts have accommodated provisions for appointing independent subject matter experts and also allow parties to file affidavits in evidence by their respective experts to assist the Court in understanding the nitty-gritty of the subject matter IP.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

In this fifth installment of our 2021 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, our experienced team will cover trade secret/confidentiality, non-compete and restrictive covenant issues that typically arise in M&A transactions. Ensuring confidentiality and trade secret protection throughout the deal. to 11:00 a.m. REGISTER HERE.

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IPilogue

MARCH 8, 2023

Imtiaz Karamat is an IP Osgoode Alumnus and an Associate at Deeth Williams Wall LLP. This situation is exacerbated by the risk of litigation, as lawsuits are a legitimate consequence of a privacy breach. The continued litigation reminds organizations and lawyers to ensure their privacy breach response plans conform with best practices.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Even though this is an obviously stupid legal theory that wasn’t worth anyone’s time or money, Edible turned to an Atlanta litigation boutique (shoutout to Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP!!!) I have a long-standing personal policy not to give my consumer dollars to any entity that I mock on the blog for IP overreaches.

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Traverse Legal Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

A main focus in most M&A transactions involves conducting intellectual property (IP) due diligence, including patent due diligence in order to properly assess risk involved in the potential transaction. Have all conveyances, including assignments, been properly recorded for the IP assets with the respective IP offices?

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IPilogue

JANUARY 25, 2023

Pina D’Agostino’s IP Intensive Program. Within minutes of working there, I was already growing in my legal development from being academically into practically trained as I learned about my supervisor’s door policy, to protect Teva’s confidentiality in all dealings. Richard de Almeida is a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.

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Patent Trademark Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Patent agents do not litigate and, therefore, have little to no infringement experience. To win a patent violation on the e-commerce platform, you need an Amazon patent attorney with experience in infringement litigation. Those who meet only the first requirement might call themselves IP attorneys or trademark attorneys.

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IP Law 360

MAY 26, 2022

A Utah federal judge has barred Maschoff Brennan attorneys from certain patent prosecution for Lifetime Products during infringement litigation that provides it with access to a direct competitor's confidential technical information.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 9, 2023

Meena Alnajar is an IPilogue Senior Editor, an IP Innovation Clinic Senior Fellow, and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Pina D’Agostino’s IP Intensive Program. As someone with an avid interest in IP, I wanted to be involved in patent-related work. This article was written as a requirement for Prof.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 1, 2021

A Canadian cannabis company must face claims that it encouraged a competitor's former employees to break nonsolicitation and confidentiality agreements after a Georgia federal court refused to dismiss it from litigation alleging the theft of a secret drink formula.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The Federal Circuit refused Thursday to make a Delaware federal judge nix his probe into who is funding a patent owner's infringement litigation against Buzzfeed, Bloomberg and other media companies over content streaming technology, finding that a writ of mandamus is not the only pathway to protect confidential documents.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 8, 2021

“Sharktech failed to terminate the subscribers or the accounts associated with these IP addresses or take any meaningful action in response to these Notices,” the movie companies’ complaint read. The filing described the filmmakers as “opportunistic litigants” that rely on “unsupported” liability theories. Blocking Pirate Sites.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

has sued a former operations manager for allegedly stealing more than 10,000 confidential documents for his new employer, a direct rival that it has separately litigated against. Sterile laboratory maker AES Clean Technology Inc.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

There are, however, several challenges related to obtaining IP protection for algorithms in China. Lack of IP protection may expose the development to theft, infringement and misuse by Chinese competitors and it may result in huge economic losses for the developers.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In 2017, Life Spine entered into various agreements with Aegis by which Aegis would sell and distribute ProLift devices while maintaining as confidential all proprietary information related to the devices. Litigation continued for years, with Aegis raising unsuccessful counterclaims.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 9, 2022

Trade secret litigation presents a variety of procedural and practical complexities at every stage of the proceeding. The issue is further exacerbated because adverse litigants in trade secret cases are frequently industry competitors. After all, both parties likely want their sensitive documents protected from disclosure.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Mediation allows the parties to recognize the daunting nature of full-scale litigation and its costs from a monetary, time and loss of productivity standpoint. Mediation allows the parties to communicate directly, or through the mediator, in a confidential setting. Mediation is a fair process.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Trade secrets in the United States have a fascinating history, during which courts shaped the common law tort as a way to enforce confidential relationships.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 18, 2023

Mylan – Update on Aflibercept BPCIA Litigation appeared first on Big Molecule Watch. The post Regeneron v.

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IP Law 360

MAY 25, 2023

Susman Godfrey LLP on Thursday fired back at a sanctions bid from Apple in patent litigation over smartphone technology, saying it didn't intentionally solicit confidential information during a trial involving its client, Arendi SARL, and Google and calling Apple's position "extremely dangerous."

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The judge’s full findings won’t be public for a couple of weeks, to enable both sides to redact confidential business information. ITC Judge MaryJoan McNamara said SharkNinja infringed two of four asserted iRobot patents, according to a notice posted last week on the agency’s electronic docket.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 28, 2023

Pavemetrics and Tetra Tech notified a California federal judge Friday that they had cut a confidential deal to settle litigation over 3D railway-track assessment technology patents, abruptly ending a dispute that was set for a May retrial due to attorneys' purported "prejudicial" arguments and suggestions that the trial was "about corporate greed." (..)

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Trade Secrets: Trade secrets encompass confidential information critical for a startup’s success; this may include formulas, processes, customer lists, marketing strategies etc. Investors are more likely to support companies that possess protected IP as it represents a tangible asset that can be monetized or licensed in the future.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 1, 2022

alleging a pizza franchisee failed to maintain the confidentiality of Texas pizza chain CiCi Enterprises LP’s trade secrets after two affiliates inked a development deal with competitor, Papa John’s. A judge in the Northern District of Texas recently declined to dismiss a lawsuit, CiCi Enterprises LP et al. Mucho Pizza, LLC et al.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 26, 2022

You can get less damages than the cost of litigation, so the whole effort is unprofitable. The court says this lawsuit qualified: “LVSA litigated this case in an unreasonable manner. Its claims were tenuous at best, and that should have been apparent from the outset to its counsel, who has litigated numerous such lawsuits.”

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

DTSA fully opened the federal courts to trade secret litigation as well as added several new features, including an ex parte seizure remedy and whistleblower immunity. David Almeling and Victoria Cundiff are two of the most experienced trade secret litigators in the nation. DTSA added to the large and growing federal caseloads.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 17, 2023

Indeed most IP litigators practicing in the UK have never had the pleasure of navigating what is now the King's Bench Division (KBD), spending most of their life in the comparatively modern Chancery Division. Clause 13 of the shareholders' agreement also contained terms protecting the company's confidential information.

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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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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MAY 26, 2021

Fish & Richardson received top “Band 1” nationwide rankings for its Intellectual Property (IP) and International Trade: IP (Section 337 Proceedings) practices in the 2021 edition of Chambers USA. Cordell and McKeon also received Band 1 rankings in the International Trade: IP (ITC) category.

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