Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

This examined the problem of authors’ remuneration: authors’ contracts tend to result in disproportionately low revenues relative to the returns of investors and intermediaries. A similar clause, setting a term of 14 years, existed in the UK’s Statute of Anne 1710. Reversion of rights That said, some balance is offered in the U.S.

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Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The breadth of our discussions encompassed a spectrum of critical topics: FTC Proposes Rule Banning Use of Non-Competes. 2023 trends forecast more remote work, heightened global competition, and aggressive damage modeling in trade secret cases. California recently enacted two new non-compete laws.

Confidentiality 52

Confidentiality Litigation Business Law 52

LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The breadth of our discussions encompassed a spectrum of critical topics: FTC Proposes Rule Banning Use of Non-Competes. 2023 trends forecast more remote work, heightened global competition, and aggressive damage modeling in trade secret cases. California recently enacted two new non-compete laws.

Confidentiality 52

Confidentiality Business Intellectual Property Law 52

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 27, 2022

Third, this bill reaches topics well beyond children’s privacy. Instead, the bill repeatedly implicates general consumer protection concerns and, most troublingly, content moderation topics. ” The scope of this taskforce likely exceeds privacy topics. We don’t do “A-for-Effort” laws in the U.S.,

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 15, 2022

And while we’re on the topic of an opinion covering multiple interesting trade secret issues, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas used a liquidated damages clause to determine the damages in that case, a far easier mechanism for determining damages than a traditional lost profits or disgorgement model.

Blogging 52

Blogging IP Confidentiality Intellectual Property 52

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

As in previous years, we have divided these developments into five categories: a) Top 10 IP Judgements/Orders (Topicality/Impact) b) Top 10 IP Judgements/Orders (Jurisprudence/Legal Lucidity) c) Top 10 IP Legislative and Policy Related Developments d) Other IP Developments; and e) Other Notable Developments. RDB and Co.

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IP Copyright Trademark Intellectual Property 124

Trading Secrets

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Employers should ensure that their employment agreements include favorable choice-of-law, venue, and forum-selection clauses to increase the likelihood that any subsequent legal proceeding for trade secret misappropriation occurs in a location that is likely to recognize and protect the company’s intellectual property. View the Recording.

Confidentiality 59

Confidentiality Business Law Contracts 59

JIPL Online

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The record label business model is simple – labels are in the business of selling and distributing recorded music that they didn’t create. [1] 1] It’s not uncommon to hear artists complain about record label contracts once they see the impact their deals have on the control of their own music. [2]. By: Jake Shapiro. BACKGROUND.

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Music Ownership Copyright Law Contracts 98

LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Employers should ensure that their employment agreements include favorable choice-of-law, venue, and forum-selection clauses to increase the likelihood that any subsequent legal proceeding for trade secret misappropriation occurs in a location that is likely to recognize and protect the company’s intellectual property.

Confidentiality 40

Confidentiality Business Law Contracts 40

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2022

The letter discusses the BPCIA and the Hatch-Waxman Act frameworks (for small molecule drugs) and sets forth several topics for USPTO’s consideration and further discussion: engagement between FDA and USPTO to increase efficiencies, possible misuse of the patent system (e.g., Bonta , No. 2:20-cv-01708, 2021 WL 5853431 (E.D. 17-cv-04180 E.D.

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