Written By Stephen D. Harper, Ph.D. and Brett J. Rosen Both the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) recently issued new rules for bringing prior art publications to the attention of an examiner during examination of a patent application.

By Christopher H. Blaszkowski On Monday, January 9, New Jersey joined the 46 other states that have adopted some form of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act. The “New Jersey Trade Secrets Act” (“the New Jersey Act”) will provide additional uniformity and certainty to businesses and individuals seeking trade secret protection. The Legislature intended, in addition [...]

By Stephen D. Harper, Ph.D.. This article was published in RatnerPrestia’s Insight Newsletter – Winter 2011. Traditionally, protecting a company’s trade secrets against misappropriation was generally considered to be primarily a matter of limiting access to confidential information, controlling the distribution of documents containing such information, monitoring the external dissemination of information regarding the company [...]