Research suggests that the biggest threat to a business’s intellectual property is often right under the owner’s nose. Most modern allegations of information theft involve members of an employer’s own workforce. Trade secret litigation is often complex and...
Trade Secret Litigation
What is the difference between a mutual and one-way NDA?
If your client has an interest in protecting trade secrets, it is likely that disclosing trade secrets for gain will be part of the conversation at some point. Your client may wish to disclose a trade secret for multiple reasons, but he or she must take proper...
New case alleges theft of trade secrets
Protecting a company's confidential information can be vital to the future viability of a business as it aims to maintain fair competition in the marketplace. Exactly what constitutes a violation of trade secret agreements or the theft of trade secrets can at times be...
4 ways to ensure that your trade secrets remain secret
The protection of trade secrets is as necessary for a small business as it is for a world-famous company. You may not have to protect the recipe for a secret sauce but protecting your own trade secrets is essential. Here are four ways to go about that. Make a list The...
Important terms of a nondisclosure agreement
In business, there may be many situations when one company needs to disclose sensitive information to another individual or company in order to execute important strategies. This information may include anything from sales forecasts to new product designs and more....
Why is it important to protect trade secrets?
Anyone involved in a California business understands that many companies have trade secrets. Companies guard these secrets with a fierce protection. In others, companies may not understand how important these secrets are. Today we will look at why trade secrets are so...
What constitutes a trade secret?
Trade secrets are how companies maintain an edge in competitive fields. Protecting them may mean the difference in remaining an influence in the market or being swallowed up. When trade secrets get mentioned, you might think of secret blueprints for prototypes or, a...
Appropriate use of NDAs to protect trade secrets
Many companies in the Bay Area and throughout California lead their respective industries in many ways. This leadership often entails the development of essential intellectual property. Unauthorized disclosure of their intellectual property assets or trade secrets may...
Trade secret litigation and non-disclosure agreements
There are many ways to gain a leg up on the competition in the business world. Some businesses are able to appeal to a certain market, while others are able to provide goods or services that are of a higher quality and a cheaper price than their competitors.How a...
Trade secret claim filed over electric vehicle batteries
While businesses want to give as much publicity as possible to their products, they often want to keep how those products are created a secret. There's good reason for this, too. When the process by which a popular secret becomes known to others, similar products can...