Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

The mask work owner has different options to deposit the mask work, depending on whether the mask work has been commercially exploited, or whether some portions of the mask work are trade secrets. of the compendium provides for redacted deposits containing trade secrets. when the mask work is involved in litigation.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Jones Walker’s trade secrets, unfair competition, and non-competes team team has launched its mediation services backed by years of litigation in this field and with a full understanding of the contentious nature of these disputes. contact-form-7 id=”3″ title=”Contact form 1″]

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 10, 2023

Beyond Borders: Accessing Top-Quality Legal Services for Intellectual Property Protection @media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-6434ddeeda7ab5469{display: important;}} The Four Pillars of Intellectual Property: Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Trade Secrets I.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 5, 2023

On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a ban on non-compete agreements between an employer and its workers as an unfair method of competition. However, this proposal has raised concerns about how it may affect businesses and their ability to protect trade secrets.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 28, 2022

There is a subtle but important shift that is taking place in the way that many trade secret cases are being litigated and going to trial. It has long been conventional wisdom that a trade secret owner’s workforce poses the greatest threat to its trade secrets. There have been.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 11, 2021

For most (if not all) professional services firms, client databases, client contact lists, and information reflecting client preferences are regarded by such firms as trade secrets that are essential to the business. In Whiteslate, LLP v. Dahlin (S.D. July 7, 2021) No. July 7, 2021) No. ” Id. ” Id.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Trade secret, breach of fiduciary duty, unfair trade practices, breach of restrictive covenants and retention agreements, and the many state and federal claims that come with departing employees or groups of employees often scream out for mediation.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

The mask work owner has different options to deposit the mask work, depending on whether the mask work has been commercially exploited, or whether some portions of the mask work are trade secrets. of the compendium provides for redacted deposits containing trade secrets. when the mask work is involved in litigation.

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The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

With a focus on EU and US approaches to the issue, Musker suggests arguments that may be useful to litigants in similar situations. Being taken from an actual instance of Canadian litigation, the hypothetical allows Sundara Rajan to address differences in treatment of moral rights between civil law and common law countries.

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Throughout 2022, our dedicated Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Compete practice group hosted a series of CLE webinars that addressed significant trade secret and restrictive covenant issues facing companies today. This year’s series included: 2021 Trade Secrets & Non-Competes Year in Review.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 12, 2023

He also discusses the unique qualities of trade secret cases that prompted the TSCMJG, including (1) the challenges of trade secret identification; (2) the highly emotional nature of trade secret cases, and (3) the interplay between criminal and civil proceedings in these cases. In GateGuard, Inc.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

APRIL 28, 2022

Despite the value trade secrets create for companies that hold them, they are often-overlooked intellectual property assets. But, unlike patents, trade secrets require their owners to take affirmative steps to maintain the intellectual property protection they provide. What Are Trade Secrets? DTSA § 1839.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 27, 2021

In trade secrets litigation, it is often critical to expeditiously obtain protection from further disclosure or continued misappropriation of the trade secret at issue through a motion for preliminary injunction. ” 2021 WL 2593291 at *1. ” 2021 WL 2593291 at *1.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2022

This includes the protection and enforcement of patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade dress, trade secrets, privacy, and related subject matter. AIPLA is comprised primarily of practitioners in private and corporate practice, in government service, and in the academic community. International Trade Commission practice.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 12, 2023

District Court for the Northern District of Ohio went a step further and set aside the entire jury verdict, reasoning that CODA Devlopment had not sufficiently identified its trade secrets or that the information did not qualify as a trade secret. In Dental Services v. In JTH Tax, LLC d/b/a Liberty Tax Service v.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 9, 2023

December was unusually busy and 2023 started with a bang courtesy of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) proposed rule banning noncompetes. If you don’t identify your trade secrets with particularity, you are not going to get an injunction. District Court for the Southern District of New York. In Tomgal LLC v.

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Traverse Legal Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

AI projects must consider the second issue of identifying and protecting their IP – trade secrets, trademarks, and copyrights. The first legal issue involves the upstream and downstream software-as-service terms. Users don’t download your software to use a software-based cloud service. Conclusion.

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Trading Secrets

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Doubly so in trade secret/non-compete litigation. His former employer sued him and alleged that he misappropriated trade secrets and breached non-compete and non-solicitation covenants in his employment agreement. Cases don’t try very often. In MWK Recruiting, Inc. Jowers , No. 1:18-cv-444-RP (W.D.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 4, 2023

Here are last month’s noteworthy cases, article and posts, as well as a few other cases that I didn’t have room for in last month’s wrap up post: Noteworthy Defend Trade Secret Act and Other Federal Cases, Posts and Articles: Can an employee be prohibited from communicating with his/her new employer’s lawyers?

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Trading Secrets

JUNE 3, 2022

There have been some noteworthy recent decisions in trade secrets law. Sufficiency of Trade Secret Pleadings and Allegations of Misappropriation. 2021), the Third Circuit addressed the pleading requirements to assert a claim under Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”). In Oakwood Lab’ys LLC v. Thanoo , 999 F.3d

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Throughout 2022, our dedicated Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Compete practice group hosted a series of CLE webinars that addressed significant trade secret and restrictive covenant issues facing companies today. This year’s series included: 2021 Trade Secrets & Non-Competes Year in Review.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Trademarks: Trademarks safeguard brand names, logos, symbols, or phrases that distinguish a startup’s products or services from competitors’ Registering a trademark ensures exclusive usage and prevents others from causing confusion among consumers. Firstly, trademarks ensure brand exclusivity.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Doubly so in trade secret/non-compete litigation. His former employer sued him and alleged that he misappropriated trade secrets and breached non-compete and non-solicitation covenants in his employment agreement. Cases don’t try very often. In MWK Recruiting, Inc. Jowers , No. 1:18-cv-444-RP (W.D.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In looking, for example, specifically at healthcare IT companies, the types of employees can generally be divided into roughly three categories: (1) those involved in the administrative side of the business, (2) those involved in healthcare technology services, and (3) those involved in software development.

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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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Trading Secrets

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

We also noted that this theory could wreak havoc on routine employee departure litigation by creating a turf war between the court system and the NLRB. In response, the company filed a lawsuit against the now-former employee, alleging breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and misappropriation of trade secrets.

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Traverse Legal Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

issued patents , pending patent applications, registered trademarks, pending trademark applications , copyrights , trade secrets , etc.) correspond to the most important products/services of the target and to those of the potential buyer. Are there any active litigation and/or administrative proceedings (e.g.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

Unlike patents, the role of a trademark is not to signify something new, but rather to indicate the source of the product or service. As long as the owner continues to sell products or services under a particular mark, then trademark rights do not have a definite expiration date. Hint: it’s a secret.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The location of a datacenter matters—the location of third-party datacenters affects companies’ (datacenter customers’) decisions whether to use the datacenters for colocation or other services. Some free trade agreements—the CPTPP and the USMCA—include provisions aimed at curtailing data localization requirements. To date, U.S.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 30, 2022

Trade secret and restrictive covenants are messy affairs. If the trade secret owner is seeking a TRO or preliminary injunction, that request for an injunction should ensure an important decision is rendered promptly so that the parties get the necessary clarity over any obligations over that information.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 4, 2020

California trade secret law presents a unique statutory framework among state and federal trade secret laws that requires plaintiffs to identify the misappropriated trade secrets before discovery commences. A previous post explored the genesis and purpose of California Code of Civil Procedure § 2019.210.

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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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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Prior to that she worked in the securities litigation division at Alston + Bird in Atlanta, where her interest in litigation support software led to her pursuit of a master’s degree in computer science and admission to the Patent Bar. It also offers business formation and transaction services.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

APRIL 16, 2021

Following up on our recent blog on trade secrets damages , here we look at the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ’s provision of injunctive relief. Specifically, the DTSA allows trade secret plaintiffs to request a unique remedy—an ex parte seizure of the defendant’s property. What is an ex parte seizure?

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 3, 2023

With deep expertise in litigation and patent prosecution and counseling, the attorneys represent clients across a range of industries and in various legal venues. Nearly every attorney has an education in STEM, and several either practiced their trade or conducted academic research before entering the legal field. District Courts.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MAY 27, 2021

In 2020, the program shattered its previous volunteer participation record, as more than 100 patent practitioners and more than 25 corporations and law firms reported 50 or more hours of patent pro bono service to a regional patent pro bono program. His practice emphasizes complex patent litigation in U.S. district courts and the U.S.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Reichel is an accomplished patent trial lawyer with over 15 years of experience representing some of the world’s largest companies in their highest-stakes IP litigation. She has litigated complex patent cases in federal courts around the country, across a broad spectrum of technologies, in a wide range of industries.

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