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How Founders of New Companies Can Protect Against Personal Liability

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Starting a business can be the first step in a thrilling adventure, one that you have perhaps dreamed of for years. But as you start your venture you’re mildly terrified of the outcome. When launching a new business, budding entrepreneurs can hardly slow down long enough to do the bare minimum of forming the proper …Read more

Grand Jury Indicts Chinese Energy Company and Affiliates on Trade Secret Charges

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Another new indictment alleging misappropriation of U.S. oil and gas trade secrets by a Chinese energy company, its U.S. based affiliate, and an executive officer was recently handed down by the U.S. Department of Justice. It is another example in a recent string of trade secret charges involving Chinese companies and Chinese nationals operating in …Read more

Why Conduct an Intellectual Property Audit

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As we discussed in our recent post How to Conduct Intellectual Property Audits, your company’s intellectual property (IP) is among its most important and valuable assets. The goals of an audit of that IP are to: 1) determine what IP your company owns, and 2) develop a strategy to effectively use and manage those assets …Read more

How to Conduct Intellectual Property Audits to Protect and Maximize the Value of Your Company’s IP

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Intellectual property – which include patents, copyrights, trade secrets and trademarks – is among your company’s most important and valuable assets. It defines your brand and gives you a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Whatever goods or services your company may offer, protecting your IP portfolio should be among your company’s most important business goals. …Read more

How to Resolve a Trade Secret Lawsuit by Entering a Standstill Agreement

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Why litigate a case for months or years, only to arrive at a settlement that would have been possible before the case began? In many cases, neither litigant would choose this approach, but it happens quite often nonetheless. About 60 percent of trade secret cases filed in federal court in the last decade ended in …Read more