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Smart & Biggar

Protecting trade secrets and confidential business information in Canada

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Businesses can prevent third parties from misusing their valuable and commercially sensitive business information and trade secrets through contracts and the common law in Canada....more

Baker Botts L.L.P.

When Algorithms Meet Regulators - The Unexpected Vulnerability of AI Trade Secrets

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Companies deploying and developing Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) face a critical intellectual property dilemma: How should I protect AI trade secrets in a regulatory landscape that demands transparency?...more

Jones Day

Prior Art and Public Availability: Key Decisions in German Patent Litigation

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The Situation: Even after the introduction of the European Unitary Patent Court, Germany remains a key battleground in major patent litigations. In the bifurcated German litigation system, nullity cases are heard before the...more

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints

USPTO Issues Guidance on AI Use to Patent Professionals — AI: The Washington Report

Pursuant to President Biden’s October 2023 executive order on AI, on April 11, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) published “Guidance on Use of Artificial Intelligence-Based Tools in...more

Epstein Becker & Green

#WorkforceWednesday: Invention Ownership - Why the Tense Matters in Employee IP Provisions - Employment Law This Week® - Spilling...

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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

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Mastering the Recipe of Food Technology Intellectual Property

Patents are increasingly being used to protect innovation in the food technology space. Food technology companies should carefully decide whether to use patents or trade secrets to protect their proprietary assets. ...more

Troutman Pepper

New York Narrows the Scope of Employee “Invention Assignment” Provisions

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On September 15, New York enacted Labor Law Section 203-f, limiting the enforceability of invention assignment provisions in employment agreements. Under the new law, employers do not have rights to any employee inventions...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Licensing and AI: Understanding the Challenges of Licensing AI Models

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Artificial intelligence (AI) models are transforming industries and the workplace. While few companies will create AI models from scratch, most will find themselves licensing AI models from others. Negotiating those licenses...more

Kerr Russell

Intellectual Property Audits — Do You Have A Plan To Protect Your Intellectual Property?

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Your company’s intellectual property and confidential information can be among its most valuable assets. Whether the company is a newly formed start-up or it has been in business for many years, it must be proactive in the...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2021 Decisions

[co-author: Jamie Dohopolski] Last year, the continued global COVID-19 pandemic forced American courts to largely continue the procedures set in place in 2020. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was no...more

Weintraub Tobin

Trade Secret or Patent?

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Business owners often ask whether they should protect their intellectual property with a trade secret or a patent. The answer is: It depends. What Can Be Protected? The first thing to consider is what it is that...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Risk Prevention Strategies: Ownership of Employee-Developed Inventions and Intellectual Property

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Companies often hire employees to develop new products, improve processes, create new technologies, and develop new markets. But how should employers address the ownership of intellectual property created by their employees...more

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[Webinar] Risk Prevention Strategies: Ownership of Employee-Developed Inventions and Intellectual Property - September 29th, 2:00...

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Companies often hire employees to develop new products, improve processes, create new technologies, and develop new markets. But how should employers address the ownership of intellectual property created by their employees...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Peloton Surges to the Top of the Leaderboard in Competitor Spat

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In 2012, Peloton rode into the home fitness scene with its now ubiquitous at-home exercise bike, which features a tablet that allows riders to stream both live and pre-recorded classes while competing against other riders on...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Global Patent Prosecution - July 2019: Foreign Filing Requirements in China

This article discusses foreign filing requirements in China. Assuming mainland China is the country of invention, the following questions are explored: (1) who needs to seek permission to file a patent application outside...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

What’s the Purpose of it All? Determining Invention Disclosure Privilege

Invention disclosures made by an inventor to an attorney, or a review committee including attorney(s), often contain sensitive information that a client would prefer to keep confidential. It is important for both inventors...more

Buchalter

Intellectual Property Overview For Agribusiness

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A company’s greatest assets may be its intellectual property. Properly protecting such assets then may be the key to continued success. Below are some questions to consider as a health check for your IP assets. 1....more

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