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Pillsbury - Propel

Protecting IP During Joint Development Projects: Agree on More than Non-Disclosure

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As industry and markets have progressed, the technology they create has seen a commensurate increase in complexity. In practice, this results in the hyper-specialization of businesses so that they may continue to innovate at...more

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

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2022 Decisions

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As part of the recovery from the global COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit took steps to return to normal operations. It began requiring live oral arguments in August 2022 and, by November,...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Benefits of and Best Practices for Protecting Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Inventions as Trade Secrets

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We previously discussed which portions of an artificial intelligence/machine-learning (“AI/ML”) platform can be patented. Under what circumstances, however, is it best to keep at least a portion of the platform a trade...more

Goodwin

ITC 337 Quarterly Insider Q2 2020

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Goodwin’s 337 Quarterly Insider remains the premiere publicly available source for keeping up to date on all meaningful decisions coming out of the Commission. Please find below Goodwin’s insights on the months of April, May,...more

Hogan Lovells

Employment News: harassment, employment status, religion and belief, IP

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Further developments in relation to harassment - The EAT confirmed in Bessong v Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust that as the law currently stands employers will not generally be liable for third party harassment of...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

How Do We Thrive Together: Understanding the “Yours, Mine, and/or Ours” of Intellectual Property Rights in Joint Development...

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Collaboration is a key strategy for growth of many companies in certain sectors, such as energy, technology, and life sciences, where research and development is critical to maintaining a competitive advantage, but can be...more

Dentons

Intellectual Property in Medicine: Initial Considerations

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Physicians are well-positioned to generate new inventions and thereby improve the treatment of their patients. As a result, physicians have historically been some of the best and most active inventors in the United States. ...more

Cooley LLP

Blog: The ABCs of PIIAAs: Protecting Employee-Generated IP

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Companies seeking to avoid employment disputes and to secure intellectual property rights to their employees’ inventions should make sure that all employees have signed confidentiality and inventions assignment agreements. ...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Another California Court Awards Attorneys' Fees in Bad-Faith Trade Secret and Patent Inventorship Lawsuit

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Earlier this month, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California awarded more than $11 million in attorneys' fees and costs to three trade secret defendants, finding that plaintiffs who had raised a claim...more

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