Your brand is one of the most valuable business assets. It represents your identity and reputation among consumers. However, having a valuable brand is not always a rosy affair. Your brand can also be vulnerable to infringement by third parties who may want to take...
Intellectual Property
The benefits of a non-disclosure agreement
Trade secrets and innovative technology are at the heart of many successful companies. Sensitive information like this can even be the key to a startup business getting off the ground. A non-disclosure agreement (NDA) is a type of legal contract that can be a very...
Types of intellectual property your company needs to protect
As a business owner, it's important for you to be aware of the different types of intellectual property that your business may create or that you may come across in your endeavors. This understanding can help you protect your assets and avoid infringing on the rights...
What constitutes fair use of intellectual property?
When you create an original piece of writing or work of art, you have copyright protection as soon as you publish your creations. If you purchase the work of an artist or musician, you may have licensing control over that work until its copyright protection expires....
How do you respond to a breach of confidentiality?
Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) are among the measures you may have taken to protect your trade secrets. These are crucial to keeping your intellectual property safe since they create a legally binding and enforceable confidentiality agreement. So what happens if...
Your intellectual property should be a priority
When someone takes physical property from your business or organization, it is clearly a case of theft. However, cases of intellectual property theft are more complicated to discover and enforce. Intellectual property includes intangible products of the human mind....
How restrictive covenants can protect your intellectual property
Businesses define their obligations to their workers and protect themselves from expensive claims in part with thorough employment contracts. The arrangements you have with members of your staff determine what responsibilities they have while they work for your...
Are patent trolls impeding innovation?
Patent holders have every right to assert their intellectual property rights through whatever legal means are at their disposal. The practice of accumulating patents for the sole purpose of extracting value from them, however, has gained an unfavorable reputation...
What happens if a competitor violates my patent?
Patents are legal tools that provide an inventor the exclusive ownership of their product or process. Inventors looking to protect their intellectual property with a patent must prepare and apply for patent protections with the United States Patent and Trademark...
Trade secrets: What are they, and how can you protect them?
What is the lifeblood of your commercial enterprise? Top-tier management teams in businesses across Texas, California, Colorado and other states where commercial activity prominently flourishes closely ponder that question all the time. Is it a cadre of dynamic and...