To Lose Three Trade Secrets Looks Like Carelessness!
Employee joins another company, transfers valuable knowledge to develop competing products! AbbVie has at least three trade secrets law suits like this underway at the moment: R
Easy Trademark When You Know How
Why invite trouble when you choose your name? ‘Easy’ anything is going to get challenged by Stelios and his easyGroup lawyers so why would you even bother? Change Your Name? Po
How Do You Protect The IP In Your Business For Free?
First understand your value drivers Then work out how to protect those with contracts, technical measures and IP (intellectual property). You can start today with unregistered righ
The Smiths Trademark Makes Morrissey Miserable Now
Johnny Marr has run off and registered The Smiths trademark in his name without telling Morrissey! Morrissey is not happy saying: “Amongst many other things, this means that Marr
The Best Businesses Know Their Value Drivers and Their Linkages To IP
What is it that drives value in your business? What differentiates your business? What enables you to retain higher margins? Do LVMH know how their to protect the luxury, exclusivi
Why A List of IP Is Important in M&A?
I am John Pryor, making IP accessible and valuable for your business. The Benefit of Hindsight UpfrontTM Innovation Without IP Is Charity IP Provides Defence From Unlicensed Offenc
Do Your Customers Treat Your Information and Trade Secrets With Care?
Was a cyber security weak spot for the US Department of Defence one of their suppliers?! Yes, they signed the NDA and had a long standing contract. But did they have the same proce
Former Partners Paying Lip Service To Trade Secrets End Up In Court
Partnership With Starbucks Loses Gloss Over Trade Secrets Loss Red Flag When Partner Refuses To Sign NDA ? Just who had the idea first? Coffee flavoured lipstick and lip gloss. Bal
Fake Football Shirts Fair Play or Foul Play?
Footie shirt for £80 or £15? Counterfeit football shirts are big business But for who? The football clubs charge a fortune to use their brand logo. The recent Adidas deal has the
Every Business Has Trade Secrets, Most Don’t Think They Have.
Every Business Has Trade Secrets, Most Don’t Think They Have. Trade Secrets We Don’t have Any Of Those It’s So Secret We Don’t Like To Talk About It It’s So Secret We
