Many companies are successful as a result of continuous and consistent efforts to keep proprietary business information confidential. Confidential business information, otherwise known as a “trade secret,” can be particularly valuable to a company. It gives the company a competitive advantage over others in the industry because the information is not widely known. Safeguarding trade… See the Full Article
Category: Trade Secrets
Your brand is everything: it’s how people view you, it’s your reputation, and it’s who you are. Many people see celebrities carefully craft their personal image and brand using social media and online profiles, but don’t realize that brand management is not just something for the rich and the famous to do. Rather, anyone who… See the Full Article
Category: Copyright , Trademark Protection
Broadly speaking, a patent is a detailed public disclosure of an invention given in exchange for the right to exclude others from making, using or selling the invention for the duration of the patent’s term. Sounds simple, right? But the devil is in the details. Read on. What Is A Patent Under the Law? Under… See the Full Article
Category: Patents
Patent Troll Legislation Passes in Washington State In an unprecedented move, the Washington House of Representatives passed a Patent Troll Prevention Act, prepared by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, which was announced in an Attorney General press release earlier this year. The bill, which took the form of Senate Bill 5059 at the Senate and… See the Full Article
Category: Patents