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Contractual Control over Information Goods after ML Genius v. Google (Guest Blog Post)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Moritz College of Law The copyright – contract tension Stewart Brand famously said that information wants to be free. The flexibility of contracts makes them a prime candidate for restricting uses that copyright law leaves unprohibited. That still leaves a rather broad space for contract law to effectively limit the use of information.

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VPN Service will Block BitTorrent and Keep Logs to Settle Piracy Lawsuit

TorrentFreak

He has not transacted any business in Virginia or contracted to supply services or things in Virginia.” In August, the parties already informed the court that they were working on a settlement, which has since been finalized. website we don’t see these changes reflected in the company’s privacy policy yet.

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Filmmakers Withdraw Popcorn Time ‘Blocking’ Request After Google Shows Up

TorrentFreak

In response, the VPN announced that it would stop using US-based servers, to ensure the privacy of its users. The settlement didn’t end the lawsuit completely as the anonymous operators of Popcorntime.app were targeted in the same case. Filmmakers Demand Millions and More. If that happens, the filmmakers will score a big win.

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NDA: An Effective Way to Protect Confidential Information

LexBlog IP

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. The jury also found Shi breached the settlement agreement. A jury found Shi breached the NDA and harmed Elation, awarding it $10,000 in damages. Johnson (1959) 169 Cal.App.2d

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‘Copying into Copyright Law’: Ireland’s minimalist transposition of Directive 2019/790

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The most modern instalment of this long history comes in the form of another kind ‘copy’, less richly decorated, yet more relevant and politically sensitive for a country that has established a long-term foreign investment “partnership” with the tech and communication industry: the transposition of Directive 2019/790 into Irish law.

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What is Blockchain Technology and has it been Patented?

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

In the case of Alice Corp v CLS Bank International, the US Supreme Court in 2014 held that claims to a computer-associated technique of mitigating “settlement risk” in various financial transactions were barred from patenting. However, are the blockchain technologies really patentable?

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What is Blockchain Technology and has it been Patented?

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

In the case of Alice Corp v CLS Bank International, the US Supreme Court in 2014 held that claims to a computer-associated technique of mitigating “settlement risk” in various financial transactions were barred from patenting. However, are the blockchain technologies really patentable?