Non-Compete Agreements, Confidentiality Agreements

FTC Voids Confidentiality and Non-Compete Provisions in Non-Reportable Transaction and Requires Notification of All Future...

by Farrah Short, Bruce D. Sokler | Mintz Levin - Antitrust on 4/8/2013

Merger agreements often contain ancillary provisions that seem acceptable to the parties in the context of what they are obtaining from the transaction—and those provisions often do not get a hard look by antitrust legal...more

Confidentiality and Invention Assignment Agreements Enforceable Against Former Employee

by Richard Raysman | Holland & Knight LLP on 1/14/2013

Generally speaking, noncompete agreements are often rigidly construed by courts and reviewed in terms of whether they are reasonably limited with respect to time and place. On the other hand, confidentiality agreements and...more

Intellectual Property Rights Include Protection for Trade Secrets

by Robert L. Guehl on 12/21/2012

Many businesses rely on keeping trade secrets confidential. Coca-Cola has successfully kept their formula secret for many years. Apple and Samsung have been embroiled in a lengthy trade secret battle over phones and tablets....more

Watch Your Assets Series Part Four: Key Injunction Strategies

by John C. Glancy, Tobias E. Schlueter | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/12/2012

In this series of blog posts, we have examined the use of injunctive relief in state and federal courts in response to employees who have misappropriated confidential information and trade secrets, who have solicited clients...more

Preventing Unfair Competition In The Absence Of A Non-compete Agreement

by Robert Freedman - Partner at Tharpe & Howell,... on 12/10/2012

You’ve read the tile of this article. There it is, up above. Let me repeat: Preventing Unfair Competition in the Absence Of A Noncompete Agreement What I really want you to focus on is the last part. The part that reads:...more

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Non-Compete Agreements › Confidentiality Agreements

FTC Voids Confidentiality and Non-Compete Provisions in Non-Reportable Transaction and Requires Notification of All Future...

Confidentiality and Invention Assignment Agreements Enforceable Against Former Employee

Intellectual Property Rights Include Protection for Trade Secrets

Watch Your Assets Series Part Four: Key Injunction Strategies

Preventing Unfair Competition In The Absence Of A Non-compete Agreement

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