Summary: Most trade secret cases aren't lost in court. They're lost in the first 48 hours after the employee walks out the door. Being ready to protect your code, customer data, trade secrets, and proprietary files can dramatically affect a company's rights. This is a companion piece to our posts on building confidentiality infrastructure and creating a culture that treats IP protection as a business priority. Read More
Enhancing Intellectual Property Protection Through Employee Engagement and Culture
Innovation drives growth, but protecting it keeps your company ahead of the competition. Intellectual Property (IP) isn’t just patents and trademarks. Trade secrets are the ideas, processes, and data that make your organization unique. They are invaluable precisely because they are not known to the public and provide you with a competitive edge. To maintain their status as trade secrets, you must actively Read More
Don’t Let Your Employees Walk Out the Door with Your Intellectual Property
In our knowledge-based economy, intellectual property is indispensable to businesses of all sizes in virtually every industry. And much, if not most, of that intellectual property derives substantial value from not being generally known. But unlike other asset classes, intellectual property is highly vulnerable. As a mind-based resource that can be popped onto a thumb drive or added as an attachment to a quick, Read More
