JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 3, 2021

An award of nominal damages for breach of an NDA may be important for companies seeking to protect confidential information and trade secrets for two reasons: (1) this may give rise to an award of litigation costs, and (2) may also support a permanent injunction ruling preventing the former employee.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

You run a business and you want to run a case against a competitor. The trouble is, you have internal documents relevant to the trial that you really don’t want the other side to see. If they see it, they might found out about a corner of the market that they have overlooked, a technology

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 2, 2021

A settlement agreement was reached where Elation could inspect the software developed by Shi and prevent the use of any trade secrets or confidential information. Elation is an important decision for California companies suing to recover and prevent the use of confidential information in violation of confidentiality agreements or NDAs.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 28, 2022

On appeal from a dismissal based on a failure to state a claim for misappropriation of trade secrets, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted the litigants’ motion to seal their briefs and file publicly available redacted versions in order to protect the confidentiality of the appellant’s alleged trade secrets.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 29, 2023

The Court explained that sanctions must comply with due process, barring parties from future litigation should be treated as a “death-penalty” sanction and damages calculations require specific factfinding. Addressing protective order violations, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit largely vacated a district court’s sanctions order.

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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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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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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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Trading Secrets

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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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Discovery in patent cases often requires parties to produce confidential technical, business, and financial information. How do stipulated protective orders protect confidential information? What types of restrictions do stipulated protective orders impose on the disclosure and use of confidential information?

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SpicyIP

MARCH 7, 2024

A Brief History of Hot-tubbing – WIPO’s Intrigue, Australia’s Claim, and India’s Adoption Source: Concurrent Expert Evidence And ‘Hot-Tubbing’ In English Litigation Since The ‘Jackson Reforms. readers can refer here and here for posts on confidentiality clubs by Abhilasha and Nikhil.) Find it here.

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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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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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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 23, 2022

After six years of litigation, LinkedIn Corp. reached a confidential settlement agreement and filed a stipulation and proposed consent judgment (stipulation) with the California district court on December 6, 2022. and hiQ Labs, Inc.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

by Dennis Crouch In most patent cases, the parties jointly agree to a system limiting the publication of confidential case information and typically file a stipulated motion for protective order seeking the a judicial order requiring the parties to comply. ” See In re Nat’l Prescription Opiate Litig. ,

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IPilogue

MARCH 8, 2023

This situation is exacerbated by the risk of litigation, as lawsuits are a legitimate consequence of a privacy breach. Ongoing activity in the privacy breach litigation space calls for organizations to re-examine their privilege strategies and prepare for potential scrutiny that may occur in the event of a dispute.

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IPilogue

MAY 17, 2022

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. Once disclosed, the trade secret loses its necessary quality of confidence that makes it confidential and valuable to a business.

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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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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

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

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Trading Secrets

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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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 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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IPilogue

JANUARY 25, 2023

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. As obvious as it sounds in hindsight, his door policy really opened my eyes. In practice, these two are connected.

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Best practices for identifying trade secrets in litigation. What constitutes a trade secret versus confidential information or general skills and knowledge. We always enjoy learning about how parties, lawyers, and judges are addressing novel or complex issues relating to trade secret litigation or protection.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 14, 2023

Patent trolls leverage the litigation system to negotiate settlements for less than the cost of defending against a lawsuit. Patent trolls normally prefer to keep their operations as confidential as possible, as I wrote about in connection with the District of Delaware. How can you tell?

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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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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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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 19, 2022

Join Us for Protecting Trade Secrets & Gaining a Competitive Edge in the Digital Age - Sophisticated Strategies to Protect Critical Assets When Key Employees Depart & Business Relationships Break Down - The protection of trade secrets by contract, including non-competes and confidentiality provisions, is under attack around the country.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Since the first edition of this outline was published in 2009 and the second and third editions were published in 2014 and 2017, Illinois case law addressing the protection of confidential and trade secret information has continued to develop, especially with the advent of the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 10, 2023

What typically follows are months of litigation followed by an announcement that there will be no trial because, against all odds, the parties have agreed to settle their differences after confidential negotiations. ” No surprise that DataCamp sees things rather differently.

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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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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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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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Patently-O

JANUARY 17, 2024

The image below comes from Apple Briefing from last week that attempted to keep information about the redesign confidential. Masimo may separately seek infringement damages in parallel Federal Court litigation and has a related ongoing trade secrets lawsuit against Apple seeking almost $2 billion in damages.

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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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