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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

Trade secret litigation can be expensive. Whether you’re bringing a lawsuit to protect your secrets or defending against alleged misappropriation by your company, here are some useful strategies to manage trade secret litigation costs. Identify the Trade Secrets Early Identifying the trade secrets involved in misappropriation litigation is just the beginning. Well before filing a […]