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Evaluate the Risks When Using Non-Competes

Ruder Ware on 9/28/2023

In today’s interconnected world, how to protect vital business assets such as key employees and confidential information is top of mind for businesses. Tools such as non-solicitation, non-compete and non-disclosure agreements...more

Best Practices to Protect Your Intellectual Property When an Employee Leaves the Company

Amundsen Davis LLC on 8/30/2023

The current employment market is placing incredible stress on businesses, many of which are struggling to find enough employees to simply cover shifts. Pay increases and higher recruiting costs, consequently, continue to...more

When Competition Crosses the Line, Level the Playing Field with Unfair Competition Litigation

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 8/10/2023

By now almost everyone has read about or experienced the “great resignation” and its unprecedented levels of employee turnover. With that increased worker mobility, there has been a surge in unfair competition litigation,...more

What are IP Assignment Agreements?

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 4/10/2023

For the high-growth startups we represent (and into which our venture capital clients invest), intellectual property (IP) is typically the core asset driving the company’s value. Ensuring that the company’s IP is properly...more

Avoiding Pitfalls: IP “Dos and Don’ts” for High-Tech Start Ups

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints on 3/1/2023

Starting a high-tech company is a difficult, exhausting, and thrilling endeavor – one in which founders will face seemingly endless challenges, deadlines, and make or break decisions. From a venture’s inception, founders face...more

Protecting Your Intellectual Property: Part I

Butler Snow LLP on 9/7/2021

Recently, high level policy changes with intellectual property (IP) have been taking place on a wide scale. When considering intellectual property protection, it is important to understand the different types of intellectual...more

Non-Disclosure Agreements

Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP on 3/28/2021

Non-Disclosure Agreements (“NDA”) are customary at the onset of discussions for many commercial transactions, including mergers/acquisitions and joint ventures, and are among the most common agreements that come across a...more

Maine Governor Restricts Restrictive Covenants

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 8/7/2019

On June 28, 2019, Governor Mills signed LD 733, An Act To Promote Keeping Workers in Maine, into law. The Act places limits on non-compete agreements and bans restrictive employment agreements....more

How Can You Safely Discuss Your IP with Others?

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/21/2015

As discussed in our previous posts, startups are about capitalizing on ideas, contacts and experience. In the early stages of a startup or pre-startup, founders often socialize their business plan and details about their idea...more

Intellectual Property Bulletin - Summer 2013: Federal Circuit Holds That Failure to Abide by NDA Confidentiality Designation...

Fenwick & West LLP on 10/2/2013

Prior to discussing or exchanging proprietary information with one another, companies frequently enter into non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to afford protections beyond what they would otherwise be entitled to under their...more

Intellectual Property Bulletin - Summer 2013

Fenwick & West LLP on 9/26/2013

January 2012 saw an explosion of controversy over two Internet-related bills that had been progressing through Congress: the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, and the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic...more

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