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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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

sued Bright Data for trespass to chattels, breach of contract, tortious interference with a contract, violation of California Business and Professions Code Section 17200, and misappropriation. As I wrote back in December, scraping claims are almost always about unwanted copying and distribution of data. In November 2023, X corp.

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Blogging Contracts Cease and Desist Social Media 94

Barry Sookman

MARCH 24, 2020

To consummate transactions and to otherwise engage in contractual activities, organizations have increasingly relied on electronic means of contracting using everything from webwraps and clickwraps (and hybrid variations of these forms of agreements) and electronic documents executed using electronic signatures.

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Contracts Law Business Technology 52

TorrentFreak

MAY 17, 2024

The speed and scale at which that happens is ultimately governed by two key factors; how easily the content can be obtained, copied, and distributed, and how popular the content is with consumers. These compel Cloudflare to hand over whatever information it holds on site operators. Shueisha Obtains a DMCA Subpoena in the U.S.

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Publishing IP Contracts Business 83

Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

CJEU judgments and AG Opinions Ocilion, AG Opinion, C-426/21 This is yet another preliminary reference on the private copying exception in Article 5(2)(b) InfoSoc Directive coming from the Austrian courts. For the a comment on the most recent Court judgment on private copying and the cloud (Case C-433/20), also coming from Austria, see here.

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Copyright Law Law Copyright Copying 75

Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 30, 2022

Handling citation after one has finished writing a piece opens the door to serious mistakes, including passages that were copied but not quoted, missing citations and forgotten sources. Paraphrasing is about taking the facts and information you read in a source and putting them into your own words. However, that is not the case.

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Plagiarism Contracts Copying Editing 222

SpicyIP

JANUARY 11, 2023

Despite widespread public interest in these arrangements, the government has consistently rejected Right to Information (RTI) applications requesting this information. However, the government has refused to provide information regarding these arrangements. Many articles (e.g. To be sure, this is not a blanket exemption.

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The IPKat

JUNE 27, 2022

created) on a permissionless blockchain (like Ethereum, Cardano o Solana) through a software called “smart contract” which is recorded on the blockchain itself. Ripps has clearly downloaded the digital files of the original BAYC collection, copied and re-used them to create his own RR BAYC collection. Ether (USD 1+ million).

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Non-Fungible Tokens Contracts Copying Art 135

43(B)log

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The contract provided that the buyer would own the “Work” once it was paid for and that “Purchaser and/or building owner may not copyright, reproduce, or merchandise images of the Work without the Artist’s written consent in advance.” Hy-Vee, Inc., 3d -, 2023 WL 3602813, No. 4:22-cv-00025-RGE-HCA (S.D.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 20, 2023

The basic facts don’t appear to be in dispute; Nintendo informed 1fichier that it had found pirated copies of its games on the service, but 1fichier refused to take them down. We cannot independently verify that Nintendo failed to meet these alleged standards, but we are informed that this is the basis of the dispute.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2021

The book is available as a PDF at Gumroad for $10, as a Kindle ebook for $9.99, and in hard copy at Amazon for $20. The hard copy comes with a free PDF on request; and shipping should be free on Amazon Prime.] If you’re an academic and would like a free evaluation copy, please email me. Defamation and Information Torts.

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Editing Law Privacy Contracts 145

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 26, 2023

“Amazon claimed Jackson accepted [the 2019 TOS] by continuing to make deliveries after being emailed a copy of the new terms… Amazon, however, did not produce a copy of the 2019 email notifying drivers of the new TOS, nor did it provide any evidence that Jackson received such an email.”

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Contracts Copying Technology Licensing 76

Patently-O

AUGUST 30, 2022

Contract not Copyright: Genius does not hold the copyright to the lyrics and so has no copyright infringement claim. But, Genius does require its users to agree to an extensive contractual agreement that includes a promise that the user will not commercially reproduce, copy, or distribute any portion of the Genius service. Genius sued.

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Copyright Law Copyright Law Contracts 79

SpicyIP

JUNE 28, 2023

However, further information on what is an “exceptional circumstance” or a “nationally important projects”, is absent from these documents. The answer to this can be found only in individual contracts between these public institutions/grantees and the private sector. Who owns IP resulting from these agreements?

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Government Invention Contracts Intellectual Property 98

Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

Taking any action based upon information provided by them may be difficult as the results are not transparent. Can detect essay mill and other forms of contract cheating. Taking any action based upon information provided by them may be difficult as the results are not transparent. What information will be in that watermark?

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Plagiarism Editing Technology Contracts 225

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. The issues (1) are the copyright and confidential information in ProSPC owned by PQ? (2) 296-297).

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Copyright Infringement Copyright Confidentiality Copying 67

Traverse Legal Blog

APRIL 17, 2021

There’s not a lot of information out there about NFTs, so if you want to sell an NFT, if you’re an artist or creator, you need to know the legal implications of what you’re doing. There’s very little information about these things. That Smart Contract, that token that can have unique data associated with it.

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Due Diligence Licensing Non-Fungible Tokens Copyright 113

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2021

“To the extent the contract pertains to use of Peloton’s Services (e.g., ” The idea is that sometimes nonsignatories get benefits from a contract sufficient to impose the contract terms on them anyways. ” Thus, the nonparties cannot be swept into the contract. That’s Contracts Law 101.

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IP Intelligence

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Judge Orrick found plaintiffs’ complaint “defective in numerous aspects” and gave plaintiffs leave to amend “to provide clarity regarding their theories of how each defendant separately violated their copyrights, removed or altered their copyright management information, or violated their rights of publicity and plausible facts in support.”

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Copyright Infringement Copying Copyright Contracts 59

Traverse Legal Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

Yes, AI contract drafting is coming. These tools can search for relevant templates and reduce time formatting documents such as contracts. But AI can optimize the contract drafting process and provide educational information so that clients can speak more intelligently to their attorneys. But that is just the start.

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Contracts Law Technology Editing 96

Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 2, 2022

Back in January, the crypto group Spice DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) made headlines for spending approximately $3 million to acquire a physical copy of the book Jodorowsky’s Dune , a bible for a planned Dune move that would have been made in the 1970s. . The payment beyond excessive.

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Copyright Non-Fungible Tokens Technology Plagiarism 234

Velocity of Content

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Success is dependent on collaboration, networking, and sharing information. R&D Literature review is an essential step in the research process; it provides context, informs methodology, maximizes innovation, and helps to avoid duplicative research.

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Licensing Copyright Publishing Journalism 98

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. Employee agrees that she will not duplicate or otherwise copy any such property.

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Confidentiality Settlement Contracts Business 64

TorrentFreak

APRIL 16, 2024

Late last year, Anna’s Archive expanded its offering by making information from OCLC’s proprietary WorldCat database available online. ” Some of the allegations ‘No Shred of Evidence’ In total, OCLC asserts twelve claims against Matienzo including breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and trespass of chattels.

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Social Media Publishing Contracts Copying 97

Patently-O

MARCH 13, 2022

The online application required her to provide substantial personally identifiable information (PII), including her name, SSN, birthdate, etc. At some point a few years later OK Foods computer system was hacked and Coffey’s information was exposed (along with that of thousands of other employees). She got the job.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 16, 2022

We’re pleased to inform you that The Inter-University Centre for IPR Studies at CUSAT, Kochi is inviting applications for the post of Research Officer (Science/Technology). Logo of CUSAT, Kochi. The deadline for application is 31.01.2022. The application form can be accessed here. The details are as follows: A. of post- 1 No.

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Contracts Technology Copying IP 97

Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

documentation, methods, weighting factors, information on the model architecture or usage). documentation, methods, weighting factors, information on the model and on the architecture). So, AI models should qualify as open source only if they release different components beyond the simple releasing of the model (e.g.

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Licensing Social Media Contracts Privacy 103

Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

While creating AR experiences, so-called markers provide information on the real-world element of reference to be overlapped with digital images. Markers are visual cues triggering the display of the virtual information; they are real-world objects or part of them. The cloud hosts databases.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2023

A copy of the agreement is offered as evidence and signed by Kumar. First, he claims ownership over all of Plaintiff’s works via a contract that is, on information and belief, fraudulent. Millions + Pornhub.com Goodporn accuses MG Premium of unfair business practices and breach of contract.

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Copyright Infringement Contracts Ownership Copyright 83

TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

On one hand, unauthorized mass copying and distribution of movies, TV shows, and music is widely recognized as copyright infringement. Underpinned by the widespread belief that publishers exploit academic works, to sustain a monopoly that restricts access to information in favor of profit, all bets are suddenly off. .

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The company doesn’t even have to find these pirates itself because the plaintiffs have provided infringement notices carrying all of the information it needs. Verizon does operate the “Verizon Anti-Piracy Cooperation” program but the plaintiffs say the contract contains “onerous” terms.

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Copyright Infringement Copying IP Reporting 128

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

In spring 2021, hiQ Labs had its motion to dismiss denied on LinkedIn’s misappropriation, breach of contract, and trespass to chattels claims. Breach of Contract. LinkedIn’s User Agreement includes a provision that warns users that public data may be copied and used by others. On November 4th (spoiler alert!) The opinion.

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Blogging Contracts Litigation Law 76

Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

The social contract of copyright, which main purpose is to realize a broader collective concern, the access of citizens to science and culture ( Geiger, 2013 ), lies in the approximation of the interests of rightholders and users. The purpose of copyright, its social and innovation function, is thereby seriously undermined. 7(1) and art.

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Bungie also shared more information on the roles of several key people that are also allegedly involved. This older copy is the one presented by Bungie as evidence. “Upon information and belief, Bungie, Inc., “Upon information and belief, Bungie, Inc., Cheaters Countersue Bungie.

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Copyright Infringement Copyright Copying Licensing 93

LexBlog IP

JULY 26, 2023

Uniquely, the bill would allow schools to prohibit college athletes from entering NIL contracts that are contradictory to the school’s code of conduct or for moral reasons. College athletes would be required to provide a copy of each endorsement contract to the school within seven days after entering the contract.

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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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Confidentiality Settlement Contracts Business 52

Trading Secrets

JULY 11, 2023

d/b/a Liquid Networx (“Liquid Networx”) and company executives Travis Wood and Robert Short, alleging they misappropriated trade secrets concerning its online platform for handling contracts named Telibid. Teligistics alleged the Liquid Networx “sanitized” its RFP by changing the names of parties to secure contracts for financial gain.

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