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As we have written previously, during the course of a United States litigation — whether, under the new, federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) or the older state-adopted Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA)

There is no doubt that the number of patents declared as potentially essential to technical standards is not an indication of essentiality; its only purpose is to make those declared patents accessible on FRAND terms should they ever become essential.

In my prior article addressing confidentiality agreements, I reviewed how to identify a company’s intangible assets and how to protect them with an NDA.

While companies are starting to better appreciate the role trade secrets can play in underpinning their intellectual capital, proactive trade secret management is still a very much neglected activity.

One of the most important developments in the world economy has been the increased importance of ideas and innovation.

Because IP monetization covers a wide range of business and legal activities, it is important to provide some examples.

The outsourced manufacturing agreement should require procedures that limit access to the company’s confidential information to specific

This post will provide an overview of key IP issues encountered when dealing with employees and independent contractors.

Over the course of my 20+ years practicing law, I have had the honor of working with many individuals at the cutting edge of all aspects of intellectual property.

At first blush an audit sounds expensive, distracting and unnecessary. Let’s face it, we live in the age of the long tail