Kashishipr

JUNE 30, 2021

The firms that prefer an open way of innovation or the ones that primarily focus on mergers and acquisitions as well as those seeking to share their IP assets with external actors like suppliers, employees, and alliance partners, license IP from outsiders, and want to protect their IP assets from imitation should consider modularity.

Intellectual Property 111

Intellectual Property IP Designs Design 111

SpicyIP

MARCH 10, 2023

ChatGPT is a chatbot, i.e. a computer program that simulates human conversation, by means of AI and natural language processing. Scène à faire and merger doctrines would probably be applicable to the Output generated by ChatGPT, specifically in cases where the Input is a basic question and not something complicated.

Copyright 105

Copyright Copyright Law Ownership Copyright Infringement 105

43(B)log

DECEMBER 18, 2023

MiTek’s Reference Number Conversion Guide likewise lists Simpson part names in alphabetical order, without attribution to Simpson, next to MiTek part names, and this use of reference numbers is repeated in its website/software/mobile app and point of sale materials. California UCL: same. But it doesn’t matter.

False Advertising 64

False Advertising Advertising Advertising Copyright 64

LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

NDAs are especially essential when sharing information with another business, such as during a joint venture or potential merger. Conversely, the competitor argued that the proviso limited all of paragraph twelve and therefore the parties’ obligations under the NDA ended after two years.

Confidentiality 52

Confidentiality Contracts Public Domain Designs 52

43(B)log

APRIL 28, 2022

The USFL ceased to exist in 1986 after an ill-fated attempt to move its season to the fall to directly compete with the National Football League (“NFL”), and ultimately force a merger.

Licensing 45

Licensing Advertising Advertising Registration 45

Trading Secrets

JUNE 3, 2022

A jury in a previous trial in 2015 found that Renesas misappropriated AMS trade secrets and breached a confidentiality agreement after the two companies, which have both made light sensors for a smartphone, met to discuss a merger but never reached a deal. Sufficient Trade Secret Identification and Dissolving Overly Broad Injunctions.

Law 59

Law Confidentiality Designs Design 59

43(B)log

JUNE 24, 2022

In TM, if secondary meaning and nonsecondary meaning are entangled we often still protect the former, in contrast to © where merger often means unprotectability. [RT: Introduction: Mark McKenna: This is a conversation about what it means to be a TM and what it means to use matter in a way that violates a TM right. Does it need one?

Trademark Law 75

Trademark Law Law Trademark Registration 75

43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2022

US: joint work requires intention, merger into unitary whole UK/Canada: product of collaboration, contributions not distinct. Martin: conversations about work as draft developed: recognized as joint author despite lack of overall creative control over work as a whole. How to avoid reinstating old hierarchies, exclusions?

Music 56

Music Copyright Ownership Derivative Work 56