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JPMorgan credit card data fight hits fresh hurdle
A Delaware judge ruled that alleged “downstream commercial use” of regulatory data is insufficient to establish state-level trade secret violations, leaving the bank’s separate federal claim to continue.

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As Apple accuses former senior staff of an elaborate strategy to poach staff to benefit OpenAI's hardware plans, Sarah Speight considers the most striking aspects of a potentially game-changing case.
While they account for nearly 13% of GDP, intangible assets remain largely under-measured, according to the World Intellectual Property Organisation.
After almost 20 years at Goodwin, the patent and trade secrets supremo whose clients include Meta, IBM and Novartis, joins his new employer’s Washington, DC office.
Settlement clears legal overhang for startup but highlights fierce competition for talent and trade secrets across the booming robotics industry.
The newly combined transatlantic firm brings together more than 950 partners across 20 countries, uniting leading patent, trade secrets, life sciences, and tech practices.
Notorious ransomware group World Leaks claims it has published product specs for the tech companies on the dark web. Meanwhile, intelligence experts warn of imminent AI cyber risk to businesses.
The company’s record-breaking IPO had promised to make its owner the world’s first trillionaire—what will be the impact on its historically guarded IP strategy?
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Ownership is central to the concept of IP, but what happens when the what, or even the who, is unknown? Ana Neves of Inventa explores.
While Nigeria’s IP Policy is a significant step to modernising the country’s IP framework, effective implementation across existing statutes is key, write Victress Elechi & Boluwatife Oshikoya of Inventa.
WIPR Leaders is a trusted global community of leading IP professionals, inspired by personal connections made at events like the INTA Annual Meeting, says Baron Armah-Kwantreng of WIPR Rankings.
In force since 1995, the trade agreement’s blanket IP provisions are being challenged by emerging technologies and the different needs of individual countries, says Ana Neves of Inventa.
The streaming giant’s deal with one of the biggest entertainment titles inherently includes a vast body of IP. Malcolm Meeks of Finnegan explains what’s on the table.
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.
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