The IPKat

JANUARY 16, 2022

A Kat being extra careful while Mercury is retrograde Copyright SpicyIP analysed a recent decision from the Bombay High Court, in which it was decided that ideas cannot be copyrighted but can be protected through the application of confidentiality law.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 21, 2022

Among other statutory requirements, the DTSA requires that the purported trade secret owner establish that it “t[ook] reasonable measures to keep such information secret.” ” 18 U.S.C. § § 1839(3)(b). ” No. 21-952, at 5. ” Id. at 6 (emphasis in original). ” Id. at 6 (emphasis in original).

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 15, 2023

Strengthened Data Protection and Privacy: The law aligns data protection and privacy regulations with international standards, ensuring the secure handling of sensitive information. It follows international arbitration standards and facilitates arbitration proceedings that are efficient, confidential, and enforceable globally.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Licensing, Registration, and Committee Responsibilities: Article 4 of the new Mental Health Law, grants authorization for licensing mental health services, ensuring adherence to specified standards. Specific cases for Psychopath restraining and isolation are outlined, along with controls for the safe transportation of Psychopaths.

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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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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The lawsuit also states that Park Lawn planned to license the trade secrets in the software to others in the industry. PlotBox says they had no awareness of a confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement, or that the information provided to them was a trade secret. But how often does Ford rush to tell Toyota about its innovations?”

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Protection for employers’ confidential and proprietary information: The amendment clarifies that employers may prevent employees from disclosing, using, selling, or accessing an employer’s confidential or proprietary information either during or after employment.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

It also retains OFAC’s policy of denial with respect to granting licenses to authorize transactions related to ransomware payments involving sanctioned parties. For example: As previously covered in our September Privacy and Security Roundup, the U.S.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Further, the licensee did not commit misappropriation by hiring another provider to maintain and further develop the source code, where the license provided “the right. to use the. Material” upon breach of the agreement. ” Thus, NQA did not acquire the source code by improper means. 20-1552, 2021 U.S.

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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. Breach Notification.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 25, 2021

Finally, systematic recording of IP addresses of users of P2P networks allegedly engaging in infringing activity to bring a claim for damages is in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 29, 2021

As readers of this blog may remember, the case originated in Wisconsin in 2015, where Epic asserted that Tata had unlawfully accessed Epic’s UserWeb to download more than one thousand unique files containing confidential information in order to develop a competing product.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 26, 2023

It also covers trust services and approved trust services, including rules for assessing license applicants, compliance rating entities, and licensees. Penalties are imposed for offences such as forgery of electronic documents and disclosure of confidential information. Federal Law No.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 29, 2021

Upon that, The IPKat is delighted to host the following guest post co-authored by Anja Geller (PhD candidate at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität and Junior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition) and Zihao Li (PhD candidate at CREATe, University of Glasgow, on privacy and data protection in the Chinese Civil Code).

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Some circuits have held that a violation of policies and contracts such as terms of use and confidentiality agreements is enough to establish liability under the CFAA, while others tend to interpret it narrowly. Finally, Van Buren provides more explicit guidelines to resolve this circuit split.

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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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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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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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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

In addition to regularly reviewing IP assets, a company should regularly make sure that its privacy and data use policies comport with the manner in which it collects and uses customer and employee data. If a company conducts business internationally, it may have to adhere to the privacy laws of foreign countries.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

CONFIDENTIALITY, TRADE SECRETS AND SECURITY CONCERNS IN THE CLOUD Ensuring data security poses a major challenge for businesses, especially when operational data is stored in the cloud, raising concerns about safety and protection from manipulation.

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SpicyIP

JULY 11, 2021

After Natco’s Withdrawal, Bajaj Healthcare files for Compulsory License to Manufacture Baricitinib. I analysed Bajaj Healthcare’s application for compulsory license to manufacture Eli Lilly’s Baricitinib, an arthritis drug more recently used for Covid treatment. Other Posts.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

In addition to regularly reviewing IP assets, a company should regularly make sure that its privacy and data use policies comport with the manner in which it collects and uses customer and employee data. If a company conducts business internationally, it may have to adhere to the privacy laws of foreign countries.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 17, 2021

California Consumer Privacy Act : The CCPA provides a private right of action for actual or statutory damages to “[a]ny consumer whose nonencrypted and nonredacted personal information. Blackbaud argued that it was not a “business” regulated by the Act. Short answer: it was adequately alleged to be one.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

2019) (stating that “[t]he fact that the [confidentiality] Agreement does not state a time limitation, but instead applies forever, further supports a finding that it is unenforceable”); Howard Schultz & Assocs. Courts have invalidated or limited the scope of perpetuity provisions in other contexts as well. See Nissen, 120 Cal.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 27, 2023

Marshall Gerstein’s practice areas include patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and related litigation, as well as IP licensing, counseling, and transactions. Without a confidentiality agreement in place, such disclosure would likely be considered to be public. ” Id.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 13, 2022

Change in titles su ggests a shift in focus – from protection of privacy to regulation of data as an asset. If the State cannot manage to negotiate an assignment (the technology only being licensed), it must ensure that its confidentiality obligations are narrowed down. What is fair and who decides what is fair?

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

For the In-House Lawyers: Fisher & Phillips’ Barbara Jean D’Aquila has written an excellent analysis of the considerations and measures that companies should be weighing for potential insider threats to confidential information.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 31, 2022

But Glassdoor presumably does keep some statistics about how many people use its website and view the reviews posted there; and it is possible that some of those statistics could be relevant to Zuru’s claim.” ” * Missouri v.

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