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Moonlighting: When Should I Quit My Day Job?

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A founder’s eureka moment may come at any time, and commonly occurs while employed by another company. Sometimes the kernel of an idea is a result of something the founder encounters in their day job—an ancillary problem that...more

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Claims Narrowed in Jack Nicklaus Non-Competition Case Over IP Sale

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On April 12, 2023, a Manhattan judge in the lawsuit regarding the sale of golf legend Jack Nicklaus’s intellectual property portfolio narrowed the claims against Nicklaus. In 2007, Nicklaus sold his intellectual property...more

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Holland & Knight's China Practice Newsletter: January-February 2022

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Holland & Knight invites you to read our China Practice Newsletter, in which our authors discuss pertinent Sino-American topics. HIGHLIGHTS: ...Patterns of Trade Secret Issues ...Fiduciary Responsibilities When...more

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The Plot Plot Thickens: Trade Secret, Tortious Interference, Fiduciary Duty Claims Survive Motion to Dismiss

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A judge from the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit sitting by designation in the US District Court for the District of Delaware denied a motion to dismiss claims of misappropriation of trade secrets, tortious...more

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IP Assignment Considerations for Emerging Companies

Founders of an emerging company must decide early on in its growth cycle whether to require employees to assign their inventions (including rights to patent and patent applications –collectively “patent rights”) to the...more

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Delaware Supreme Court Examines Director Liability for Acquisitions

In McElrath v. Kalanick et al, the Delaware Supreme Court examined the liability of directors of Uber for an acquisition.  The case arose out of Uber’s acquisition of Ottomotto LLC.  Otto was founded by Anthony Levandowski, a...more

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China Practice Newsletter: July-August 2019

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Holland & Knight invites you to read our China Practice Newsletter, in which our authors discuss pertinent Sino-American topics. The firm provides legal assistance to Chinese investors and companies doing business or making...more

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Zillow Sues Rival Compass Alleging IP Theft And Breach Of Contract Over Its Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, And Cloud...

Switching from defense to offense, Zillow Group, Inc., best known for its residential real estate marketplace technology, recently filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington alleging a...more

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Pennsylvania Federal Court Finds That Plaintiff’s Trade Secret Misappropriation Allegations Hold Up

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A Pennsylvania federal court recently denied Defendant Synchrony Group, LLC’s motion to dismiss a trade secret lawsuit filed by Plaintiff Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Jazz”) holding that Plaintiff sufficiently stated a trade...more

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Fiduciary Duties With Respect To Trade Secrets For Dual Or Multiple Directors

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The purpose of this short paper is to ‘join the dots’ between a director’s fiduciary duties and especially a person holding dual or multiple directorships and trade secrets....more

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Fiduciary Duty With Respect To Trade Secret Asset Management

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Trade Secret’s New Found Prominence: As we both have written previously, the changing nature of technology, product development and sales, and the patent enforcement landscape, have given trade secrets a new-found...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

Seven Critical Mistakes LLCs Make, and LLC Manager Power Issues

The “Seven Critical Mistakes LLCs Make” Series - This series of posts covers some of the most serious mistakes that LLCs regularly make. Here are...short summaries of each: Choosing the Wrong Business Partners —...more

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Dissension Follows When Business Owners Don’t Put Their IP House in Order

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When you think about protecting a business firm’s intellectual property (IP), usually you think about protecting it from infringement by external actors. But there also are internal threats — even mortal ones — to the...more

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Wisconsin High Court Affirms High Summary Judgment Bar to Trade Secret Misappropriation Claims

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A recent decision from the Supreme Court of Wisconsin affirmed a trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of a defendant accused of conspiring to misappropriate its competitor’s trade secrets. By a 4-3 decision in...more

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Your Confidential Employment Information Is Safe Under Tennessee's Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act

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On July 1, 2016, Tennessee’s Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act went into effect.  The Act grants fiduciaries authority to access a decedent’s digital assets.  As a result, executors, trustees, powers of...more

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