Velocity of Content

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The Women’s Edge, a nonprofit that supports female business leaders, and The Boston Globe again named CCC to its annual Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts list celebrating the state’s leading companies and nonprofits run by women. CCC was ranked #13 this year. Armstrong was recently named to Forbes 2023 “50 Over 50” list.

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Trading Secrets

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Even though Massachusetts is the 49 th state to adopt the UTSA, MUTSA differs from other states’ versions of the UTSA. Ironically, despite the goal of uniformity (not to mention the name itself), the various states including Massachusetts that have implemented a version of the UTSA have not done so uniformly. 93, § 42-42G.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Fish & Richardson is pleased to announce that 15 Fish attorneys have been named to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) 2021 Pro Bono Honor Roll and High Honor Roll. These attorneys were recognized at the annual Adams Awards, held by the SJC’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services on October 2 6. .

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

The Women’s Edge (formerly The Commonwealth Institute) together with its partner The Boston Globe , announced CCC was named to the 22nd annual Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts list. Earlier this year, CCC won national recognition for Compensation & Benefits, Leadership, and Work-Life Flexibility.

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Trading Secrets

MAY 16, 2022

Recently, we wrote about New Hampshire’s attempts to piggyback on Massachusetts’ material change doctrine. In many ways, HB 5249 borrows from Massachusetts’ 2018 bill (although unlike the New Hampshire bill, it doesn’t tackle the material change doctrine).

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The District of Massachusetts recently held that garden leave payments, whereby a former employee subject to a restrictive covenant is paid by the former employer for the duration of the restrictive period, do not constitute “wages” under the Massachusetts Wage Act. In Carroll v.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 20, 2022

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly recently named Fish & Richardson Principal Jenny Shmuel an “Up and Coming Lawyer” in its 2022 “Excellence in the Law” awards. in materials science and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her J.D. Shmuel received her B.S. from Harvard Law School.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Just over four years ago, the Massachusetts legislature finally passed a bill long in the works addressing non-compete agreements and replacing the Commonwealth’s trade secret misappropriation statute with a version of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (the “UTSA”), referred to herein as “MUTSA.” ” See M.

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Likelihood of Confusion

APRIL 30, 2022

The post Best of 2010: Moral rights in Massachusetts appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™. Lee Gesmer reported last month on a pretty important decision in copyright law: A First Circuit ruling applying the Visual Rights Act, which–well, Lee says.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 14, 2023

Beth Tragakis, Judge Salinger, sitting in the Massachusetts Business Litigation Session, dismissed a robotics company’s Chapter 93A claim for lack of any allegations that the robotics company was harmed by a former employee’s alleged copying and retention of its technical information. In Vicarious Surgical Inc.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

District Court of Massachusetts against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for its use of a COVID-19 contact-tracing app for residents’ mobile phones. The lawsuit alleges that Massachusetts caused the app to be downloaded to certain residents’ mobile devices without consent or knowledge. The solution?

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Fish & Richardson is pleased to announce that four Massachusetts attorneys were recently included in Super Lawyers ’ 2021 list of Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars. 2021 Massachusetts Super Lawyers: Adam Kessel. 2021 Massachusetts Rising Stars: Jeffrey Shneidman. percent can be named Rising Stars.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The District of Massachusetts recently held that garden leave payments, whereby a former employee subject to a restrictive covenant is paid by the former employer for the duration of the restrictive period, do not constitute “wages” under the Massachusetts Wage Act. In Carroll v.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

As we previously wrote , in November 2021, Ballot Question 1 in Massachusetts was passed, which requires car manufacturers that sell cars equipped with telematics systems (i.e., to install a standardized, open-data platform beginning with model year 2022. See more about the NHTSA’s opinion here.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 9, 2022

It has been over 18 months since Massachusetts voted to approve an update to the state’s ‘right to repair’ law [view related post ], however, the changes have still not gone into effect. The brief cites a 2020 study of repair costs in Massachusetts that shows that dealers are 36.2% District Court.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

has been named to the 2021 list of the “Top Women of Law” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (MLW). in chemistry from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1993. Fish & Richardson Principal Christine Goddard, Ph.D., Each year, MLW singles out an elite group of legal leaders for this prestigious award. Goddard received her J.D.,

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly recently named Kurt Glitzenstein one of its “Go-To Intellectual Property Lawyers” for 2021. The award recognizes the top IP lawyers in the Commonwealth both for the depth of their legal knowledge and the successes they’ve achieved in the practice of intellectual property law.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 24, 2024

Just before closing arguments in a Boston trial, Google said it had settled Massachusetts startup Singular Computing's $1.6 billion patent infringement case claiming the search giant stole its technology to boost its artificial intelligence products.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MAY 14, 2021

Fish principal Andrew Pearson was recognized by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly in its 2021 Excellence in Law section as an “Up & Coming Lawyer.” Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly celebrated the honorees at a virtual Excellence in the Law event on May 13, 2021. district courts and the U.S.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 22, 2024

has urged the Federal Circuit to uphold a Massachusetts federal judge's decision that wiped out a $176.5 Eli Lilly & Co. million verdict against it for infringing Teva migraine drug patents, saying the lower court correctly found the patent claims to be invalid.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 24, 2024

has agreed to pay $35 million to settle a shareholder suit in Massachusetts federal court alleging the software company failed to properly disclose a rival's trade secret litigation that led to a $2 billion verdict. Pegasystems Inc.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 5, 2024

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. INLINE PLASTICS CORP V. LACERTA GROUP, LLC - Before Taranto, Chen, and Hughes. By: Knobbe Martens

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FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Fish & Richardson and the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts (ACLU) secured a preliminary injunction in an important pro bono case that challenged a federal immigration policy requiring asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico while their asylum claims are processed. The District of Massachusetts federal court found that the U.S.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 18, 2023

A Massachusetts federal court has thrown out a Boston bar's request to partially cancel a D.C.-based based restaurant's "Dubliner" trademark after finding the companies behind the Northeast bar failed to allege fraud or show the D.C. bar abandoned its mark.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 17, 2024

in Massachusetts federal court Tuesday, accusing its former clients of owing $4.3 Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC sued parking meter provider Duncan Parking Technologies Inc. and its parent company, CivicSmart Inc., million in unpaid legal fees and interest for representing CivicSmart in a since-settled patent litigation.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

executive who recently jumped to competitor Fanatics won't be allowed to use any of the information he allegedly accessed in his final days with the Massachusetts-based gaming platform to draw potential high-value Super Bowl bettors over to his new employer, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Thursday. A former DraftKings Inc.

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Velocity of Content

APRIL 9, 2024

In 2023, the Boston Globe named CCC a Top Place to Work in Massachusetts and a Top 100 Women-Led Business in Massachusetts. “The USA Today award is recognition of the investments our team continues to make in fostering a healthy and positive employee experience.”

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Last week, a Tesla stockholder threw a rock at Elon Musk's glass house, Floor & Decor shareholders got an updated order, Abercrombie & Fitch's former CEO sought legal fees, and Rwanda moved ahead in its lawsuit against a Massachusetts pharmaceutical company.

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APRIL 12, 2024

A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday agreed to pause Moderna Inc.'s s COVID-19 vaccine patent infringement suit against Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech until the Patent Trial and Appeal Board weighs in on a pair of patents, issuing a stay despite objections from Moderna.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 8, 2024

Google may not use its ubiquitous search engine to research prospective jurors in an upcoming trial accusing the tech giant of infringing patents related to artificial intelligence, a Massachusetts federal judge said Monday.

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43(B)log

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Many years ago, I wrote a note about these disputes seeking return of engagement rings after a broken engagement, which is cited in the dissent--which also reads as an invitation to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to revisit its fault-based rule for when an engagement ring should go back to the (remorseful) giver.

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MARCH 27, 2024

another chance to persuade a Massachusetts federal jury that its tamper-resistant plastic containers were too successful for the underlying patents to be invalidated as obvious. The Federal Circuit on Wednesday granted Inline Plastics Corp.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Fish & Richardson principal Whitney Reichel has been named to the 2020 list of the “Top Women of Law” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (MLW). Each year, MLW singles out an elite group of legal leaders for this prestigious award.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 29, 2024

Former DraftKings executive Michael Hermalyn lied in his opposition last week to its preliminary injunction request, just as he had during his departure to rival Fanatics and throughout a trade secrets and breach of contract suit against him, the company has told a Massachusetts federal court in defending its injunction request.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 28, 2024

and BioNTech SE have asked a Massachusetts federal court to put on hold a COVID-19 vaccine patent case brought by rival biotechnology giant Moderna Inc. Pfizer Inc. while they await a decision from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board on the validity of two of the three patents at issue.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 26, 2022

The patents asserted in the complaint filed in the District of Massachusetts are: U.S. Moderna is not seeking to remove Comirnaty® from the market and is not asking for an injunction to prevent future sale, nor damages related to Pfizer's sales for any COVID-19 vaccine used in 92 low- and middle-income countries. Patent Nos.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 22, 2024

A former DraftKings executive picked apart a trade secret suit brought against him in Massachusetts federal court by his ex-employer, saying it's an attempt to "torch his reputation" with questionable evidence that also demonstrates the company's practice of smearing employees who leave for better opportunities.

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