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US Patent Office Releases New China IP Rights Toolkit
December 15th, 2023
Contributor: Pramod Chintalapoodi
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has released a revised edition of its China Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Toolkit. According to the USPTO, The Toolkit offers an in-depth look at the basics of protecting IP rights in China… It also p…
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How to Develop an IP “Clean Room” Policy
August 23rd, 2023
A “cleanroom” is a controlled environment in which pollutants like dust, microbes, and aerosol particles are filtered out. A cleanroom is used for the development and manufacture of things like microchips and other electronic parts, lenses, pharm…
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$2 Billion Awarded in Trade Secret Theft Case
June 13th, 2022
Appian Corp. was awarded more than $2 billion in damages after a Virginia jury found that its competitor, Pegasystems Inc., had stolen its trade secrets. As The Motley Fool reported, The Appian case centers around a government contractor working as a…
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IP, Web 3.0, and the Metaverse
March 28th, 2022
What are Web 3.0 and the Metaverse, and what do these things mean for intellectual property (IP)? According to Investopedia, Web 1.0 was ushered in by web browsers such as Netscape Navigator in the mid-1990s. Early website pages were primarily static…
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Former Pitcher Claims That Signs Were a Trade Secret
August 20th, 2021
Maintaining that “sign stealing” by Houston Astros cost him a job in the major leagues, former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Mike Bolsinger has refiled a lawsuit against the team in a Texas court. As the Houston Chronicle notes, Bolsinger, who hasn…
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Apple Claims Former Product Designer Stole Trade Secrets
April 23rd, 2021
Apple Inc. has sued a former product designer for the company, claiming that he stole Apple trade secrets in order to help his new employer and that he also leaked secrets to a reporter. The designer, Simon Lancaster, worked at Apple for more than te…
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Federal Circuit Invalidates Employee Invention Assignment
December 15th, 2020
The Federal Circuit has ruled that a provision in an employment agreement that requires an employee to assign to the employer any invention that the employee may “hereafter… conceive” “in any way connected to any subject matter within the exi…
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Recent Developments in the Blockchain Technology Landscape
November 30th, 2020
Blockchain technology, in its various patented applications, is transforming online transactions through the use of distributed ledgers. Its uses are wide-ranging, from financial and payment systems to commodity trading and cryptocurrencies. Among th…
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Protecting your IP with an Audit – and what to do if you’re audited
November 24th, 2020
“IP audit” can have two different meanings. One form of IP audit is more like an IP inventory – it looks at what IP a company has in its portfolio. The second type of IP audit involves checking whether a licensee is in compliance with its licen…
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Court Finds that Trade “Secrets” Aren’t Secret on Zoom Call
October 6th, 2020
Trade secrets are a form of intellectual property that the law protects from unauthorized use or disclosure, under certain conditions. Trade secrets can be protected by both state and federal law. These laws vary, but all define trade secrets as info…
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