Technology & Marketing Law Blog

APRIL 16, 2022

The court confirms that to ensure enforceability, consumers should (1) check the box and (2) be advised that checking the box will indicate assent to contract terms. These basic principles “apply with equal force to contracts formed online.” Forming online contracts is not rocket science. Freedom Financial Network, LLC.

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Trading Secrets

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Welcome to the third annual installment of Seyfarth Shaw’s Commercial Litigation Outlook , in which our nationally-recognized team provides insights about litigation issues and trends to expect in 2023. The likely continuing global tumult and increasing chances for a recession will weigh heavily on the litigation outlook for 2023.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2022

Review Your Contracts Every Year. One of the most important tools to protect your business – your ideas (copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, confidential and proprietary information), customer relationships and talent pool – is your written contract. Franken-contracts can ruin your business.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The past week in London has seen a Kazakh paper recycling company turn a new page in an investment agreement spat against its CEO and litigation funder Harbour Fund, a real estate company owned by Axiom’s ex-chief face a breach of contract claim, and Banksy hit with libel proceedings from a business making street art merchandise.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Welcome to the third annual installment of Seyfarth Shaw’s Commercial Litigation Outlook , in which our nationally-recognized team provides insights about litigation issues and trends to expect in 2023. In short, we expect an uneven year where some litigation booms and some busts. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern 12:00 p.m.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Despite these differences, we noted that these two concepts have often been treated interchangeably by courts, often leading to confusing results.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 25, 2023

The past week in London has seen motorsport team McLaren start its engines in a claim to enforce a contract with driver Alex Palou, a senior Axiom Ince partner challenge his SRA suspension, and AstraZeneca face a product liability claim over COVID-19 vaccine side effects. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The past week in London has seen Tesla drive patent proceedings against technology company InterDigital, Genesis band members say That's (not) All in a breach of contract claim against Virgin Records, and betting giant Entain play its hand in a claim over its acquisition of BetCity last year.

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Olartemoure Blog

AUGUST 10, 2021

It is worth noting that our clients have never been sued for breach of contract or clearance matters when we have advised the production. We might have just been lucky and, even after having given the best legal advice, we have had a couple of pre-litigation issues as those hassles are almost unavoidable.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 1, 2023

This past week in London has seen Lenovo Group and LM Ericsson embroiled in a patent dispute, Jaguar Land Rover face legal action from a number of employees over contract breaches, and Dexia Credit file another swaps claim with property administrator Patrimonio del Trentino. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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IP Law 360

JUNE 30, 2023

The past week in London has seen law firm Simkins LLP hit dot-com investor Robert Bonnier with a breach of contract claim, Russian oligarch and CEO of Nornickel Vladimir Potanin sued for a second time by aluminum giant Rusal, and easyJet’s parent company sue four more companies in trademark claims over the term 'easy.'

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IP Law 360

JUNE 16, 2023

The past week in London has seen former Everton FC manager Carlo Ancelotti hand the Premier League club a red card in a commercial contracts claim, law firms Pinsent Masons and McGrigors hit with a pensions lawsuit from 14 vehicle sale and rental companies, and Dana Petroleum fire up a claim against Waldorf Energy over its acquisition from Korean National (..)

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IP Law 360

JUNE 2, 2023

The past week in London has seen law firm Jones Day hit the crude oil trading companies it represented in a fraud trial with a breach of contract claim, offshore company Global Fixed Income Fund sue accountants Grant Thornton, and broadcasting giant Sky sue rival broadband providers BT, EE, Plusnet, Virgin Media and TalkTalk.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The past week in London has seen German software company Topalsson face a breach of contract claim from law firm CMS, Pfizer and BioNTech look for the cure to their patent woes in a claim against Moderna, and Alaska Airlines ready for departure in a commercial contracts claim against Virgin Aviation.

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

JANUARY 20, 2021

Zollinger, 2020 SCC 45 This case is applicable to all types of contracts including those involving Intellectual Property. The duty of honest performance requires that parties must not lie or otherwise knowingly mislead each other about matters directly linked to the performance of a contract. Hrynew, 2014 SCC 71.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 9, 2022

a Nigerian record label sue Warner Music for breach of contract, and DAC Beachcroft face fresh litigation from a hotel investor. The past week in London has seen the Danish tax authority bring its $2.1 billion lawsuit over pension plans against commodities trader ED&F Man to the U.K.,

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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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IP Law 360

APRIL 6, 2023

The past week in London has seen Deutsche Bank sue another city in Italy over derivatives contracts gone south, dot-com investor Robert Bonnier facing a breach of contract lawsuit from a technology investment company, and film studio Lions Gate raise the curtain on an intellectual property claim against a London cabaret bar.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Following almost nine years of litigation, Georgia manufacturer Universal Alloy Corp. defeated at trial allegations it stole Alcoa's trade secrets and a $200 million contract with Boeing for aircraft wing parts. Here, UAC's lead trial attorneys from Latham & Watkins LLP reveal to Law360 how they did it.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Each of the six new infringement lawsuits infringe both patent infringement as well as breach of contract for saving and planting seed down in the Missouri Bootheel. Bayer CropScience LP v. Pierce, Docket No. 4:23-cv-00088 (E.D. Jan 25, 2023) Bayer CropScience LP v.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The past week in London has seen the Financial Conduct Authority hoping to put care home Ponzi schemes to bed in separate claims against Lupton Fawcett, a law firm in Leeds, and a social care group, MBi; oil giant Shell in a sticky situation in a claim over pollution in two Nigerian communities; and Plexus Law's former boss suing the personal injury (..)

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 22, 2022

government's PPE supplier sued over its £122 million contract. The past week in London has seen fresh legal action brought against PrivatBank's former owner Bogolyubov over sham transactions, law firm Farrer & Co launch commercial fraud claims against five major banks, and the U.K.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 27, 2021

government over COVID-19 contracts, fashion brand Superdry face off with an online British retail titan and the country's largest milk supplier sue a major supply chain business. This past week in London has seen a renewed pursuit of the U.K.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The past week in London has seen Credit Suisse sue collapsed bank Greensill, a breach of contract claim from five former club managers kick off against Watford Football Club and the Financial Services Compensation Scheme bring legal action against AXA. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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IPilogue

MARCH 24, 2022

With that said, contracts should be clearly written, without legal jargon, to avoid litigation. Speaking of consumer protection and putting users first, my time at the Globe also reminded me that, contrary to popular belief, lawyers exist to make their clients’ lives easier.

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GDB Firm Blog

JANUARY 10, 2022

Mechanic's liens have often been forced to live in two worlds: litigation and arbitration. But many contracts call for disputes to be adjudicated exclusively in arbitration. The liens are a creature of statute (New York Lien Law) which provides that they must be enforced through a lien foreclosure action in court.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 18, 2023

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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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

This past week in London has seen Kazakh mining company ENRC file libel lawsuits over a 2020 book, the Solicitors Regulation Authority take action against a human rights lawyer and London's police force facing an unfair contract procurement claim.

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43(B)log

MARCH 21, 2024

In re Amazon Prime Video Litig., Though the “buy” button manifests consent to a contract, “certain terms and policies could fail to meet statutory standards of clearness and effectiveness.” 2024 WL 1138906, No. 2:22-cv-00401-RSM (W.D. It was also plausible that the TOS didn’t sufficiently disclose the restrictions.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The past week in London has seen investors in a Disney film financing scheme look for a fairytale ending against HSBC, a scuppered Forex company sue a card payments provider in a breach of contract claim, and Boots Opticians eye up a commercial contracts claim against NHS England.

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IP Law 360

JULY 22, 2022

This week in London has seen England football player Raheem Sterling given the red card by his former agent in a commercial contracts claim, the Algerian Space Agency preparing for liftoff in a dispute with British aerospace company Wisscom, and the EU hound Syria for unpaid commercial loans.

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The IPKat

APRIL 22, 2024

Accredited European Patent Litigation Certificate Course Trier & Online tutorial - Course start: 25 September 2024; Course end: 16 May 2025 ERA will offer a high-standard course giving patent attorneys the best tools to understand the legal framework and procedural rules necessary to litigate before the UPC.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 18, 2024

The past year brought significant developments to name, image and likeness in the realm of college sports, making it increasingly important for lawyers to be well-versed in contracts, intellectual property and litigation as the new year unfolds, says Janet Moreira at Caldera Law.

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IP Law 360

JULY 15, 2022

This week in London has seen Moroccan airline Royal Air Maroc hoping for a successful landing in a breach of contract claim against Swissport, mapping and surveying company Getmapping taking off in a claim against Oxford Aviation Services, and a Gatwick airport hotel joining three other hotels in checking in to a claim against insurer Liberty Mutual. (..)

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IP Law 360

MARCH 25, 2022

This past week in London has seen a lawsuit filed against rapper Jay-Z's sport agency, an HSBC alternative investment division sued for breach of contract and pharmaceutical giants Teva and Novartis facing off over patents. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 16, 2023

Parties entering into patent transactions involving existing (or potential future) EPs should consider the impact of the UPS on their contracts and licences. In some cases, time may be of the essence in implementing the desired actions, so ensure the contract reinforces this through tight deadlines and timing covenants.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 15, 2022

However, new ownership creates new incentives, which leads to anticipated changes in copyright litigation. However, new ownership creates new incentives, which leads to anticipated changes in copyright litigation. Whether the change in ownership of iconic music rights will increase or decrease copyright litigation is unclear.

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