Tesla Shares Innovation With Supplier, But Struggles To Keep Secrets
Tesla Sues A Major Supplier For Patenting Their Invention. Thank you to Prof. Dr. Alexander J. Wurzer Director IP Management Training for curating this excellent podcast on t
The Great Patent Myth. What Is A Patent Really Worth?
I once worked with a small business where they had spent $1m on patent filings for a particular invention. The business pivoted away from the invention but it was assumed that ther
$605M for Trade Secret Theft of ‘Innovative Approach to Selling Renewable Fuels’
The jury also found that the trade secret theft was willful and malicious, allowing the Court to potentially triple the total damages! Choose your partners carefully. You are flatt
Your Sensitive Information Is Valuable Be Very Careful Who you Share it With
Most of us are guilty of signing NDAs, sharing information with investors and partners and thinking nothing else of it. Mainly this route turns out ok, with the major risk being in
Information Floods Out Of Your Business After An NDA
‘We have an NDA so it is fine we can share everything’! How much value is being lost from your business via sensitive information and knowledge being shared with partners with
As The Law Changes On Non-Competes What Protects Your Confidential Information?
Post-Termination Restrictive Covenants Are Not Immune From Government Interference. Governments around the world including the UK, US, and European governments are reviewing post-t
Knowledge Walks Out Every Night Will It Return?
Most business have substantial ‘banks’ of knowledge but generally do very little about capturing it; so that when it leaves, is stolen, fades away, or burns, it is lost. Data,
There Are Several Ways To Protect Your Innovation
Patents are not the only answer to the innovation / invention IP question. If I asked you if I could share your invention with the world, what would you want in return? This is the
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
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
