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The unbearable lightness of trade secrets and public tenders

The IPKat

In this case, the nuance is expressed in the context of the balance between the ‘right of information’ of the participants to a public tender and the possible presence of ‘trade secrets’ in the bidding documentation. Based on this, the request for access to the documentation was denied by the contracting authority.

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NFTs: promisingly transformational, yet fraught with IP pitfalls – Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Nevertheless , tokens may be used in a digital rights management scheme, as the aforementioned default position is subject to contract modification, as explained below. Copyright that is transferred upon selling an NFT may explicitly be outlined in the self-executing smart contract governing the sale. Valid Transfer of Rights?

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Trade Secrets in Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)

Kashishipr

The North American Free Trade Agreement defines a trade secret as “Information having commercial value, which is not in the public domain, and for which reasonable steps have been taken to maintain its secrecy.” A person in every company should be in charge of controlling the accessibility of critical documents. ?

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Best practices to avoid copyright infringement

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Public domain resources as a starting point. There are several places where you can find public domain content that is free to use. If this is the case, you will still be the owner of the copyright for “works done for hire” or those that fall under the purview of your employment or creative contract.

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PCT Patent Application in India

Intepat

As of 6th April 2022, the WIPO recorded 156 contracting states to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). Documents required – PCT Application in India: Furnishing of a translation (in English). Once published, the application is deemed to have entered the public domain.

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PCT Patent Application in India

Intepat

As of 6th April 2022, the WIPO recorded 156 contracting states to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). Documents required – PCT Application in India: Furnishing of a translation (in English). Once published, the application is deemed to have entered the public domain.

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If You Ask Your Friend to Take Your Photo Using Your Camera, Who Owns the Copyright?–Shah v. NYP

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Mendez case, which involved a group photographer documenting the group’s activities at the group’s request. Though the court doesn’t have cross words for the media defendants, this apparently is another example where media publishers treated publicly available photographs as public domain photographs.

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