Trade Secret
2011-01-28 Protecting Trade Secrets in an Era of High Employee Mobility
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 and its technology, and blocking access by outsiders to the company’s facilities.
2009-12-31 Deciding Between Patent Protection and Trade Secret Protection
The decision of whether to protect a new innovation by either filing for patent protection or retaining the innovation as a trade secret can be a difficult decision to make. This article explores some basic questions that need to be considered in making that determination.
