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Confidential Business Information: Protecting an Organization’s Most Valuable Secrets

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When it comes to the true source of a company’s value, it’s not necessarily in the products or the services they offer, nor is it in the brand they’ve carefully developed. The core of a company’s value is in the trade secrets...more

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50 State Desktop Reference - What Businesses Need to Know about Non-Competes and Trade Secrets Law

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Introduction - As we enter a new era of business landscape dynamics, Seyfarth Shaw is pleased to present the latest edition of our annual cornerstone publication. This comprehensive 50-State Non-Compete Desktop Reference,...more

Lippes Mathias LLP

Efficiency at What Costs? Creating Internal AI Policies Mitigates Legal and Business Risks Now.

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With the increase in popularity of artificial intelligence uses in business, companies are scratching the surface of AI’s potential to create efficient processes, automate tasks, and generate content at a low cost. With...more

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3 Reminders for Employers Mitigating the Risk of Trade Secret Misappropriation in the Face of Mounting Layoffs

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While economists continue to debate the prospects for a recession, layoffs are impacting employees across the U.S., and not just in the technology sector. Given the greater potential for trade secret misappropriation in the...more

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Trade Secrets: An International Perspective on Their Protection and Tips to Mitigate Disclosure Risk

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There have been a number of recent prominent examples of the unauthorised use of trade secrets by employees or former employees of large businesses. In November 2021, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer sued a 'soon to be former'...more

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Risk Prevention Strategies: Ownership of Employee-Developed Inventions and Intellectual Property

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Companies often hire employees to develop new products, improve processes, create new technologies, and develop new markets. But how should employers address the ownership of intellectual property created by their employees...more

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[Webinar] Risk Prevention Strategies: Ownership of Employee-Developed Inventions and Intellectual Property - September 29th, 2:00...

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Companies often hire employees to develop new products, improve processes, create new technologies, and develop new markets. But how should employers address the ownership of intellectual property created by their employees...more

Kidon IP

Outsourced Manufacturing and Trade Secrets: Manufacturing Process & Personnel (Part 7)

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After deciding on the basic corporate or contractual structure, the company should decide how best to strategically divide the manufacturing process. In the outsourced manufacturing context, the best process involves not only...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Danger on the Horizon: Detecting Early Signs of Trade Secret Theft by Competitors

Trade secrets are typically associated with a company’s most profitable products and services, and maintaining control of critical confidential information is often essential to a company’s revenue stream and continued...more

Holland & Knight LLP

IP Considerations During COVID-19: IP Housekeeping

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As businesses consider how to transition to a "new normal," a thorough review of intellectual property (IP) assets and a protocol for managing those assets should be part of the planning process. For many companies, the...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Tips for Efficiently Managing New Trade Secret Risks Created by Shelter-In-Place Restrictions and Remote Working

On April 14, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom outlined the six “critical indicators” the state will monitor during the next phase of its COVID-19 response as it considers when to modify its statewide shelter-in-place...more

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Here’s What You Need To Know About Protecting Trade Secrets

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What do you do when a key employee leaves and you believe he/she has taken your company’s trade secrets to a competitor? Or when a strategic business partner uses your trade secret information to compete against you?...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Securing Against Trade Secret Pitfalls and Dangers Arising From Employee Mobility Situations

Picture this: Your company is in a highly competitive industry with several leading players heavily supported by major corporate investors and/or venture capital funds. The market is expected to generate potentially hundreds...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Stolen Trade Secrets – Here’s why companies are losing in court

Over the past decade, companies are increasingly losing trade secret theft cases. Even when corporate secrets are stolen, courts are dismissing claims of disputed trade secret cases because plaintiffs have not taken...more

Polsinelli

4 Tips to Protect Trade Secrets and Confidential Information When Terminating Employees

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Employers may face risks of departing employees, particularly involuntarily terminated employees, taking the employer’s confidential information or trade secrets with them when they leave. ...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Sharing Competitively Sensitive Information Can Pose Antitrust Risks

The sharing of confidential and proprietary information among competitors and potential competitors (even during due diligence) can raise serious antitrust concerns. In particular, parties must avoid exchanging information...more

Fisher Phillips

Cyber Insurance: Get What You Pay For              

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Due to the increasing number of successful and attempted cyber-attacks and increased government scrutiny surrounding protection of confidential information, companies cannot ignore the various risks associated with potential...more

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Restrictive Covenants Can Swing Both Ways: A 3-Step Plan To Avoiding Legal Risks When Onboarding New Employees

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Employers have been using restrictive covenant agreements – contracts that contain non-compete, customer non-solicitation, employee non-solicitation, or non-disclosure of confidential information – with increasing frequency...more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

Pooley’s Corner: How to Recruit and Hire While Avoiding Data Contamination

When we think about trade secrets, we usually focus on keeping our own data safe. But an even bigger risk comes from hiring employees who can infect our systems with confidential information from a competitor. Companies often...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The Most Cost Effective Way You Can Protect Your Trade Secrets

I was giving a talk recently when a senior executive asked me, “If we have the time and resources to focus on just one thing to improve our information security, what would you suggest?”  I didn’t hesitate: “Train your...more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

Fighting Back: Identifying Risks Posed by an Angry Current or Former Employee

Something lost is always in the last place you look (by definition). It can also sometimes be in the first. Although technology has made it possible for outsiders to manipulate and infiltrate your company’s systems...more

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