JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Effective management of intellectual property is crucial in the contracting stages of technology projects. For example, copyright protection, patent protection, and know-how (trade secrets) are all subject to different rules when it comes to contracting. By: Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 28, 2023

AI technology is a powerful tool and “with great power comes great responsibility.” Use of AI technology can give rise to various forms of liability that may not even occur to you. And use of generative AI impacts not only your liabilities but also your rights.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 8, 2024

In Avue Technologies Corporation v. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Administrator of the General Services Administration (Case No. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Administrator of the General Services Administration (Case No. By: Wiley Rein LLP

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Before rolling out a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool to customers or using one internally for other business purposes, prudent vendors will look to their form agreements related to the underlying AI technology to confirm whether their legal terms are sufficient. By: Venable LLP

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The IPKat

APRIL 25, 2024

Here’s what they write: Generative AI, originality, and the potential role of contract in protecting unoriginal works by Adrian Aronsson-Storrier and Oliver Fairhurst Artificial Kat Over the past two years the IPKat has hosted debate on the question of whether the outputs of generative AI tools are protected under copyright law.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

finding that BAE Systems plausibly alleged that it was cut out of a government contract for naval defense technology after sharing its proprietary information. A New York federal judge partially upheld a trade secrets case against L3 Harris Cincinnati Electronics Corp.,

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

billion information technology deal, after being accused of unfairly evaluating bidders' proposals. These are Law360's top government contracts for February. Navy gave a shipbuilder $1.2 billion to begin its overdue overhaul of the USS Boise, and the U.S. Defense Health Agency expanded its contractor pool for a $2.5

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JD Supra Law

MAY 15, 2024

By: Proskauer - New Media & Technology Bright Data Ltd., 23-03698 (N.D. May 9, 2024)). Proskauer represents Bright Data in this case. Back in January 2024, a California court in another.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Electronic contracts, or “E-contracts,” in the present economy became ubiquitous due to the rapid development of the internet. Meaning Of An E-Contract. E-contracts are agreements made electronically instead of physical meetings between the parties involved in the transaction. Image Source: Shutterstock].

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IP Law 360

MAY 12, 2022

Law firms considering machine learning and natural language processing to aid in contract reviews should keep several best practices in mind when procuring and deploying this nascent technology, starting with identifying their organization's needs and key requirements, says Ned Gannon at eBrevia.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Traditional considerations in technology deals are often inadequate for governing artificial intelligence use, which means lawyers should revisit and reimagine existing terms across the full spectrum of relevant contracts, ranging from procurement agreements and data licenses to customer agreements, say Marina Aronchik and Samuel Hartman at Mayer Brown. (..)

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Still, it seems troublesome because it ignores that some contract was formed at point of purchase, and those terms should be relevant to governing the device and possibly whether or not the service TOS is an amendment, a conflicting contract, or something else. BONUS: Additional contracts links from the past six months.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 27, 2023

Use of AI technology can impact your rights and liabilities in ways that may not even occur to you. That is why it is more important now than ever to factor these AI technology legal implications into your company’s governance and risk management, including by updating your employee policies and third-party agreements.

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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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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Blockchain technology was separated from currency in 2014, and that advance opened the door for using blockchain for applications beyond currency. These became known as smart contracts.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 16, 2021

To authenticate the logs, Plaintiff provides the Affidavit of Hisham Younis, Express Lien’s Chief Technology Officer, wherein Younis swears that the logs are gathered pursuant to the normal course of business and that the logs confirm “[t]hat a party affirmatively accepted Express Lien, Inc.’s . * Lona’s Lil Eats, LLC v.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The court also created a new definition of browsewrap that further plunges online contract formation law into anarchy. * * *. If the buyers went to Walmart.com after they made the purchase, then the terms seek to amend an existing contract formed at the time of purchase. (I’ve This case involves Walmart gift cards.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

North Carolina's top court on Friday revived part of a software developer's suit alleging he was duped into selling his technology to a pharmaceutical company, finding it had seemingly misapplied portions of the purchase contract and incorrectly denied the developer promised payouts.

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IP Law 360

MAY 10, 2022

wants a Texas federal court to throw out Apple's breach of contract allegations in a patent infringement lawsuit against the technology giant, calling those accusations an "absurdity." Headphone maker Koss Corp.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 8, 2024

Want to learn more about drafting, negotiating, and understanding intellectual property and technology contracts and have 10 minutes to spare? Grab your morning coffee or afternoon tea and dig into our Tech Contract Quick Bytes—small servings of technical contract insights prepared by our seasoned attorneys.

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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. Here, the court agreed, and dismissed Twitter’s breach-of-contract claims on that basis. In November 2023, X corp. on all counts.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Want to learn more about drafting, negotiating, and understanding intellectual property and technology contracts and have 10 minutes to spare? Grab your morning coffee or afternoon tea and dig into our Tech Contract Quick Bytes—small servings of technical contract insights expertly prepared by our seasoned attorneys.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 2, 2023

The court summarizes: Mr. Mickleborough had a contract drafted for Achter to sell SWT 86 metric tonnes of flax to SWT at a price of $17.00 Mr. Mickleborough applied his ink signature to the contract, then took a photo of the contract using his cell phone. per bushel (which amounts to $669.26

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Providers of information technology products and services are rushing to market with various generative artificial intelligence-based solutions and attempting to unilaterally amend existing agreements with their customers, but parties should beware that such amendments may be one-sided, say Jeffrey Harvey and Sharon Harrington at Hunton.

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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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LexBlog IP

JULY 14, 2022

The new 2022 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract (the 2022 Contract), which is retroactively effective to April 1, 2022, appears to offer certain benefits to advertiser and agency signatories of the Commercials Contract, particularly JPC authorizers, as well as Union member performers.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Federal Contracting; Contractor Disclosure Requirements to Funding Agencies and Funding Agency March-in Rights. Additionally, under this statute, there is a preference for small businesses and nonprofits when awarding contracts. Bayh-Dole seeks to prioritize small businesses that are not yet dominant in their field of operation.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 25, 2021

This is true for all in the industry, whether original equipment manufacturers, parts or assembly suppliers, contract manufacturers, or manufacturing services suppliers. By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

Perosphere Technologies, Inc. Platkin of the Albany County Commercial Division reinforced the textbook rule that that an individual who signs a contract as an agent for an undisclosed entity can be held personally liable on the contract if the agency relationship is not disclosed. Tharunidhar Narravula et al v. et al , Index No.

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IP Law 360

MAY 14, 2024

An attorney for Netlist told a California federal jury Tuesday during opening statements in its breach of contract suit against Samsung that "secret documents" will show that the technology giant's executives gleefully sought to crush Netlist by cutting off its supply of crucial computer memory products.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Manufacturers Like Custom Contract Furnishings in High Point, North Carolina. Photo of a Custom Contract Furnishings (CCF) worker making upholstered seating for the hospitality, health care and senior living industries. . Custom Contract Furnishings (CCF) is one of the many furniture manufacturers located near High Point.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 30, 2024

He sued YouTube claiming that the content removals breached YouTube’s contract. Accordingly, there is no right to prior notice before removal of content and no requirement of cause before removal under Plaintiff’s contract with YouTube. YouTube appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. YouTube, Inc.,

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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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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In 2007, Rohm Japan and MaxPower Semiconductor entered into a technology licensing agreement (TLA). According to the TLA, Rohm Japan and its subsidiaries were permitted to use certain power-related technologies of MaxPower developed under a Development and Stock Purchase Agreement in exchange for royalties paid to MaxPower.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 17, 2024

Partner Janine Anthony Bowen explores data-related issues in technology contracts in the age of GenAI. By: BakerHostetler

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

Moreover, many expressed concern that NFT-specific legislation would be premature at this time and could impede the development of new NFT applications, given the evolving nature of the technology. Proposals to use NFTs to replace or supplement copyright recordkeeping did not demonstrate added value. NFTs may offer opportunities for U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 25, 2024

In a highly technical ruling, the court rejects Twitter’s CFAA claim on a motion to dismiss and rejects Twitter’s other claims, including breach of contract, on an anti-SLAPP motion to strike. Breach of Contract Twitter’s TOS bans scraping. Twitter fails this burden. to lose significant advertising revenues.”

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