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Lawyers from Meta, Adobe and Recursion Pharmaceuticals offer advice for external counsel on working with their in-house partners to maximise the benefits of AI. Sarah Speight reports.
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From determining who will own newly developed IP, to confidentiality and regulatory issues, Ana Neves of Inventa discusses what to consider when establishing partnerships.
CK v Dun & Bradstreet Austria shows why laws and practices that treat trade secrets as an automatic shield against a key GDPR provision are due for revision, writes Diogo Antunes of Inventa.
With growing legislation, research and demand for medical use, cannabis presents an economic opportunity for the Caribbean—but IP rights in the region have some way to go, write Keesha Fleming Lake of Keesha Fleming Lake, and Rachael Lodge Corrie of Foga Daley.
Early-stage companies can face high costs and little reward if they don’t get their IP strategy right from the start, say Graham Phero and Paul Ainsworth of Sterne Kessler.
A grey area between two competing concepts has been playing out in the courts the world over, explains Shaukat Ali of Dennemeyer & Associates.
Genomic innovations involve vast amounts of research, making patents, copyrights, and trade secrets vital, explains Olusola Tunmise-Ajani of Inventa International.
Protecting trade secrets is more than ever a global, board-level concern, but how to decide on what to guard, and how? Ellen Keenan-O’Malley and Matt Lawman of EIP explain.
The bitter dispute between two fleet tech companies underscores the fine line between competitive intelligence and improper conduct, explains Joseph Barber of Howard & Howard.
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A trio of experienced tech and PTAB specialists moved from an intellectual property-focused competitor to help meet demand for “increasingly complex and business-critical” patent litigation.
In a rare legal action, the medtech company claims the agency unlawfully let Apple reintroduce a feature on its watches that undermines an ITC ban.
Results are out for this year’s one-of-a-kind rankings, detailing the year’s most significant trade secrets matters around the world and which attorneys handled them.
US appeals court finds in favour of self-styled “Tesla of commercial aviation” startup | Boeing invested millions of dollars in electric airline but relationship collapsed.
TSMC fired employees after internal investigation flagged unauthorised data access | Case marks first under revised National Security Act | Secrets allegedly relate to sensitive information concerning 2-nanometer chip technology.
Total sum falls short of requested amount but is one of the five largest trade secret judgments in US history | Judge says awarding $1.2bn would go too far | Exemplary damages and total sum deemed ‘sufficient’ penalty for ‘reprehensible’ actions.
US State Department has said it is engaging with Chinese officials to resolve situation | Federal employee failed to disclose he worked for US government, according to a report.
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