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2021 Trade Secrets Webinar Series: Takeaways & Recordings

Trading Secrets

The FTC is exploring whether it has the authority to ban or limit the use of non-competes in the employment setting. At the workshop, legal scholars, economists, and policy experts reviewed the current state of the law and economic literature on non-compete clauses in contracts between employers and employees.

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2021 Trade Secrets Webinar Series: Takeaways & Recordings

LexBlog IP

The FTC is exploring whether it has the authority to ban or limit the use of non-competes in the employment setting. At the workshop, legal scholars, economists, and policy experts reviewed the current state of the law and economic literature on non-compete clauses in contracts between employers and employees.

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Algorithmic propagation: do property rights in data increase bias in content moderation? Part I

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This two-part blog post offers a reflection on the topic of content moderation and bias mitigation measures in copyright law. Part II explores the potential of property rights to increase bias in content moderation by looking at the topic from the perspective of Article 17 CDSM Directive. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay.

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IP Considerations for Source Code Acquisitions: Measure Twice and Cut Once

LexBlog IP

Other pre-existing third party obligations. § 101 – “work made for hire” is oft misunderstood and, thus, will be the topic of a subsequent article), the person(s) who created the software code is/are the owner(s) of the copyright in the software. Use of open source code. Existence of prior licenses.

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Music to Many Ears! Bombay High Court Passes a Landmark Order Recognizing the Right to Receive Royalties by Authors of Underlying Works

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Background In 2001 Music Broadcast Private Limited, which runs the radio station ‘Radio City’, entered into a license agreement with the Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS), a copyright society , to utilize its repertoire of literary and musical works for FM radio broadcast. Similarly, in 2006 Rajasthan Patrika Pvt.

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A Significant Step Forward: The Unitary Patent System and Unified Patent Court Commence Operation in Participating Member States

LexBlog IP

It does not replace the existing patent system in Europe, but builds on the European Patent Convention ( EPC ) to form a new centralised path to grant and protect European patents across the (now) 17 EU Member States that have ratified the UPC Agreement (the participating Member States). However the post grant procedure has evolved.

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2022 Trade Secrets Webinar Series: Takeaways & Recordings

Trading Secrets

While the present bills are not likely to pass, it is apparent from Biden’s July 9, 2021, Executive Order that federal agencies, including the FTC, DOJ, and DOL, are being delegated and empowered with enforcement responsibilities aimed at curtailing the use of non-compete agreements that are perceived to limit workforce mobility.