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Nike vs. Lululemon: The Battle Over Flyknit Technology

Brett Trout

Brett Trout Nikes reputation as an industry leader in athletic footwear is built on a foundation of innovation and aggressive protection of its intellectual property. Nikes History of Defending Its Patents Nike is no stranger to intellectual property lawsuits. The case was settled in 2022.

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Fast Fashion Creating Even Faster Copies?: Examining Shein’s Intellectual Property and Racketeering Suit

The North Carolina Journey of Law and Technology

However, independent designers are accusing Shein of something much more sinister: systematic and rampant intellectual property theft amounting to racketeering. We will vigorously defend ourselves against this lawsuit and any claims that are without merit.” Caroline Kloster Caroline Kloster is a 2L at UNC School of Law.

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Launching Today, Tangibly is First Platform to Systematically Manage A Company’s Trade Secrets

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.” Protecting ‘Brilliant Ideas’ Describing himself as “a chemist by training, an entrepreneur by circumstance,” Londergan told me he had long been concerned with the lack of formal protections for the know-how that was the core intellectual property for most companies.

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2023 Quick Links: IP, Keyword Ads

Eric Goldman

11, 2023): Time and again we have declared that “prevailing defendants in copyright cases are presumptively entitled (and strongly so) to recover attorney fees.” A successful defendant, by contrast, recovers nothing he didn’t already have. to Defend Rights” * United Federation of Churches LLC v. .” Johnson, No.

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Launching Today, Tangibly is First Platform to Systematically Manage A Company’s Trade Secrets

LawSites

.” Protecting ‘Brilliant Ideas’ Describing himself as “a chemist by training, an entrepreneur by circumstance,” Londergan told me he had long been concerned with the lack of formal protections for the know-how that was the core intellectual property for most companies.

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Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the “Server Test” for Direct Infringement of the Public Display Right — Hunley v. Instagram, LLC (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

In 2016, Time “embedded” one of Brauer’s Instagram posts, featuring one of his photos of Hilary Clinton, in its entirety (preserving his username or “handle”, his caption, and his links and hashtags). Neither Time nor BuzzFeed was named as a defendant. 2021), for example, the defendant purchased a website from another party.

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Patents over Patients: How Pharmaceutical Companies use the Patent System to Keep Drug Costs High

Richmond Journal of Law and Technology

10] Although the initial patent on Humira expired in 2016, thanks to the over 75 patents filed three years before its expiration, AbbVie is set to hold the monopoly until 2034. [11] 26] The Activis decision provides plenty of wiggle room for defendants to argue their way out of collusion charges using speculative business theories. [27]

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