In the case of Google Inc. v. Equustek, the Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the grant of a preliminary injunction by the Court of Appeals of British Columbia ordering Google to de-index on a global basis websites of a...more
Concerns about trade secret theft have been increasing in both the United States and Europe in recent years. Traditionally, American law disfavored trade secret protection vis à vis patenting on the basis that publication of...more
9/22/2016
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Confidential Information ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Liability ,
Damages ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Economic Espionage Act ,
EU ,
EU Directive ,
Ex Parte ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Jurisdiction ,
Limitation Periods ,
Misappropriation ,
Patents ,
Popular ,
Private Right of Action ,
Trade Secrets ,
TRIPS Agreement ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers ,
Young Lawyers
Concerns about trade secret theft have been increasing in recent years and the America Invents Act included provisions that reduced the commercial risks that a business would run by trying to keep inventions as trade secrets...more
This year the IP world will be brimming with changes, the largest of which will take place in the European Union. Sweeping reforms in EU trademark law will be implemented in March as well as the likelihood of the Unitary...more
2/24/2016
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Brazil ,
Canada ,
China ,
Copyright ,
Cuozzo Speed Technologies v Lee ,
Design Patent ,
Eli Lilly ,
EU ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
FRAND ,
Halo v Pulse ,
Japan ,
Lanham Act ,
Lexmark ,
Madrid Protocol ,
Patent Litigation ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Redskins ,
SCOTUS ,
Standard Essential Patents ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademark Litigation ,
UK ,
Unitary Patent ,
World Intellectual Property Organisation