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Trade Secret Litigation in California: From Temporary Restraining Orders to Trial
Trade secret cases in California demand fast decisions and precise legal positioning. A departing employee with proprietary data, a former partner using your client list, …
Inter Partes Review (IPR): How to Challenge or Defend a Patent at the PTAB
If you have been served with an infringement complaint, hit with an IPR petition, or are weighing your options after a competitor’s product launch, time …
Trademark Opposition and Cancellation Proceedings at the TTAB: What Brand Owners Should Know
A competitor submits a trademark application that closely resembles your registered mark. Or, after months of preparation, you’re served with a Notice of Opposition challenging …
Who Owns AI-Generated Content? Patent, Copyright, and Trademark Implications for Businesses Using AI
As AI systems become embedded in routine business workflows, they are exposing a gap between how content is created and how intellectual property law assigns …
Filing for Revival of an Abandoned Patent Application
Preface This brief note is not legal advice and is for educational purposes only. So for whatever reason (except express abandonment or intentional abandonment) you …
Trademark – Post Registration – Sections 8, 9, 15
Preface This brief note is not legal advice and is for educational purposes only. After your trademark (mark) registration is granted (on the registration date …
Copyright Infringement: What It Is and How to Respond
Copyright infringement occurs when someone reproduces, distributes, displays, or creates derivative works from a copyrighted original, such as text, images, music, or software, without the …
How to Protect Your Trade Secrets When Employees Leave
An employee hands in their resignation. Two weeks later, they start at a direct competitor. Within months, your competitor launches a product that looks suspiciously …
Employee NDAs: Drafting Enforceable Agreements
Your proprietary formulas, client lists, business strategies, and other types of intellectual property represent years of investment. A single departing employee can walk out the …