Intellectual Property Law

Jorda on: The Criticality of Trade Secrets in Technology Licensing and Tech Transfer
[A]nent the criticality of Trade Secrets in technology licensing (also in franchising), let’s be mindful that over 80% of technology licenses cover Trade Secrets or are hybrid licenses covering Patents and Trade Secrets...

Are trade secrets nothing but baby patents
Are trade secrets nothing but ?baby patents?? After incredibly derogatory and defamatory statements about trade secrets, which I have heard in the past, such as, ?trade secrets don?t have a single redeeming virtue? from a corporate chief IP counsel and ?trade secrets are the cesspool of the patent system? from a Washington, DC IP professor, comes the dismissive statement that trade secrets are nothing but ?baby patents?...

Jorda on: Trade Secrets are Not Secrets
It is a serious misconception that it is reprehensible to keep inventions secret, inasmuch as this supposedly flies in the face of the patent system, the essence of which is disclosure of inventions for the benefit of the public...

West Legal Education Center Trade Secrets Courses
When you are not in the mood to "press the flesh" you can keep up to date on trade secrets developments by taking courses at WestLegalEd Identifying, Protecting Litigating Trade Secrets Get practical advice to help identify trade secrets, understand how to ensure legal protection for those trade secrets, and avoid trade secret theft...

TRADE SECRETS AND THE ROME II REGULATION ON THE LAW APPLICABLE TO NON-CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS
E.I.P.R. 2008, 30(8), 309-319 Christopher Wadlow. Abstract: Discusses the protection of trade secrets in private international law, focusing on the impact of Regulation 864/2007 (Rome II)...

Think Secrets trade secrets case
Until I read The Trade Secrets Blog, I did not think much about the fight between the Think Secrets Blog and Apple Computers. Its article, First Amendment v. Trade Secrets - The Curious Case of Think Secret, is worth pondering by bloggers and businesses: ...

Trade Secrets
Former execs are hit with doctrine of inevitable disclosure.

Private Investigators and Detectives
Services Provided by Private Investigators

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Trade Secrets
Razorsight agreed to pay $4.5 million settlement in infringement lawsuit.

Newspaper Publisher
Star Tribune must pay St. Paul Pioneer Press a $3.8 million trade secrets act violations settlement.

Utilities Whistleblower
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities agrees to $485,000 fine for setting up a private bank account.

Honda Civic Hybrid Class Action Reaches Tentative Settlement
Honda Civic Hybrid Class Action Reaches Settlement

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...

Mr. Brown Instant Coffee
Possible Melamine Contamination Prompts Canadian Agency to Issue Warning