The World Intellectual Property Organization announced on May 24, 2024, a treaty on intellectual property, genetic resources, and associated traditional knowledge that was twenty-five years in the making. As WIPO’s press...more
6/20/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Genetic Materials ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventions ,
Patent Applications ,
Patents ,
Plant Patents ,
Popular ,
Trade Secrets ,
WIPO
This week, in our special Spilling Secrets podcast series on the future of non-compete and trade secrets law, we take a deeper look at trade secrets and non-compete cases in the wide world of sports:
As college basketball...more
This week, in our special Spilling Secrets podcast series on the future of non-compete and trade secrets law, we uncover the essential steps employers should take to secure employees’ trade secrets from day one of their...more
This week, we bring you our special Spilling Secrets podcast series on the future of non-compete and trade secrets law:
Trade secret and non-compete litigation can result in massive damage awards, but those cases can also be...more
Many cultures have the tradition of spring cleaning. These range from those in Iran observing the Persian New Year festival of Nowruz (and the practice of “khooneh tekouni,” or “shaking the house” to prepare for Nowruz), to...more
4/20/2022
/ Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademarks
We live in a time of contradictions and confusion, and today we aim to explore how some such tensions have manifested themselves in the area of intellectual property law.
On the one hand, we have a national and...more
7/23/2020
/ 42 U.S.C. §1983 ,
Allen v Cooper ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Remedy Clarification Act ,
Counterfeiting ,
Deprivation of Property ,
Eleventh Amendment ,
Exclusive Jurisdiction ,
FBI ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legal History ,
Piracy ,
Preemption ,
Privileges and Immunities ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
State Sovereignty ,
State Universities ,
Theft ,
Trade Secrets
A few weeks back, as remote working and social distancing were becoming the order of the day (and interesting phrase, given what quickly became the norm in many US states and cities, as executive orders abounded), my son...more
4/13/2020
/ CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Court Closures ,
Court Schedules ,
Emergency Orders ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Medical Research ,
Misappropriation ,
Patent Infringement ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Relief Measures ,
State of Emergency ,
Trade Secrets ,
Waivers
In managing workforces, particularly when addressing employee turnover, employers often find themselves facing issues regarding how best to safeguard their confidential business information and how to protect their...more
In the area of trade secrets and non-compete law, there continue to be notable developments at the state and federal levels. Here are five recent ones.
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