A recent ruling from the United States District Court for the District of Central California in the lawsuit against Miley Cyrus and others for the song “Flowers” highlighted the power that a single copyright co-owner holds in...more
6/9/2025
/ Co-Ownership ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Copyright Ownership ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Judicial Authority ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Music ,
Music Industry ,
Standing ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Successor Interests ,
The Copyright Act
A temporary restraining order (“TRO”) followed by a preliminary injunction is often essential for a company to maintain the trade secrets status of its information that is being misappropriated. Typically, once the...more
11/19/2024
/ Confidentiality Agreements ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Discovery ,
Expedited Discovery ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Misappropriation ,
Proprietary Information ,
Trade Secrets ,
TRO ,
Uniform Trade Secrets Acts
Though litigants routinely enter into stipulated protective orders in the course of discovery that may involve sensitive company information (or even trade secrets), a recent ruling is a cautionary tale on the potential...more
Earlier this month, a federal court judge in the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss a plaintiff’s amended complaint for, among other claims, trade secret...more
A federal magistrate judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, in a trade secrets dispute involving CBD-based pain cream, recently granted summary judgment in favor of all but one...more