It may have taken many years to establish your company and trade secrets could be fundamental to its success. Essentially, trade secrets are methods that cannot be easily replicated and are key to the profitability of your company. Thus, trade secrets are something...
Combining Technical Knowledge And Legal Action Since 2002
Trade Secrets
More tips for keeping trade secrets safe
Not all business information qualifies to be referred to as a trade secret. To meet the threshold and thus be protected from misappropriation, three things need to be true: It needs to be secret, it needs to give your company a competitive advantage and you need to...
In Texas trade secrets lawsuits, can secrecy be protected?
Texas individuals and businesses who have trade secrets must do whatever they can to protect them. Since these can be inordinately valuable and take a significant amount of time and work to formulate, another person or entity that steals it should be held accountable....
Pitcher sues the Astros for alleged trade secret theft
The realm of intellectual property is more wide-ranging than many people realize, and individuals and businesses have been trying to push the boundaries even further over the last several years. That appears to be the case in a recently filed lawsuit initiated by a...
Managing trade secrets that need to be protected
Business executives have recognized the need to protect their practices, formulas or processes which are essential to their business. Senior executives, in recent polls, said that trade secrets are more important than other intellectual property such as patents and...
Tips for protecting trade secrets
Most businesses have trade secrets they wish to protect. For that reason, they should be familiar with different tips for protecting trade secrets. Tips for protecting trade secrets Different tips can help businesses better protect their trade secrets including:...
How can a new business protect its intellectual property?
New business ventures are often predicated on information that has value as long as it is not disclosed to competitors. The law offers many ways to protect intellectual property, but many of these methods are not suitable for newly established enterprises. This post...
How can businesses protect their trade secrets from publication?
Trade secrets can make or break Texas businesses. They can be the factors that distinguish new entities from their competitors and make certain products popular while similar products languish. When a business develops or acquires a profitable trade secret, they will...
Tesla accuses new employee of stealing trade secrets
When a company hires an employee, they assume they will follow the company rules regarding copyrights and trademarks. Usually, employees sign an agreement with their company when they are hired to protect company secrets. The car company, Tesla, is accusing one of its...
What is a trade secret?
Most Texas businesses have competitors in their market that they work against to grow and maintain their edge. In order to do that it is good to have a competitive advantage – the “secret sauce” that your competitor is lacking; the list of client contacts that the...