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L’IA générative
L’intelligence artificielle (IA) soulève de nombreuses questions en matière de propriété intellectuelle (PI).
Mondial | Publication | August 2017
Countries across Europe have differing requirements relating to the validity of non-competition agreements between employers and employees following the termination of an employment contract. We provide a brief comparative analysis of the requirements in Italy, Germany, France, Poland, the Netherlands and the UK. Please get in touch with your local Norton Rose Fulbright contact or any of the contributors to this publication to learn more about this topic.
We have considered the general requirements for the enforceability of a non-compete restriction as a matter of UK employment law. Please note that the starting point for any post-termination restrictive covenants under English law is that they are void as an unlawful restraint of trade as a matter of public policy. The English courts have, however, recognised the enforceability of such restrictions and the general rule is that they will typically be enforceable so long as they do not go further than is reasonably necessary in order to protect a legitimate interest. A bare non-compete restriction is the most onerous type of post-termination restrictive covenant. It will only be enforceable where a non-dealing or non-solicitation clause does not work to protect the relevant interest. This would be the case, for example, where it is not customer connection that is the issue but confidential information. Please also note that it can never be guaranteed that a particular restriction will be enforceable as this will be a decision for a court asked to determine such an issue. Arguably, the best protection an employer may have is the use of a contractual garden leave clause which would prevent the employee from competing during the employee’s notice period although not all contracts of employment contain such clauses.
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L’intelligence artificielle (IA) soulève de nombreuses questions en matière de propriété intellectuelle (PI).
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Depuis 2022, le gouvernement du Canada a apporté trois vagues de modifications à la Loi sur la concurrence (Loi), apportant des modifications importantes aux lois canadiennes sur la concurrence, les plus récentes modifications ayant reçu la sanction royale le 20 juin 2024. Notre publication sur toutes les modifications se trouve ici.
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Les systèmes d’IA générative sont entraînés au moyen de gros volumes de données, souvent tirées de sources du domaine public qui peuvent être protégées par le droit d’auteur ou d’autres droits de propriété intellectuelle, comme un droit sur les bases de données au Royaume-Uni et dans l’UE.
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