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Update: Aereo recently filed for bankruptcy protection to protect the value of its assets as it tries to find buyers for its intellectual property. The technology involved is revolutionary but the litigation around the product deterred a number of prospective buyers. This case illustrates the importance of intellectual property in today’s market. A company thatContinue reading “Cloud DVR Provider Aereo Found Guilty of Copyright Infringement”

I am very happy to say that everything went very smoothly for my first webinar yesterday. I introduced our guest presenter Nicole Druckrey, Partner at Quarles & Brady LLP, a law firm that “provides broad-based, national-level legal services.” She provided lots of valuable information in this presentation, and also answered quite a few audience-based questions,Continue reading “Webinar Recap: Nicole Druckrey on Trade Secrets”

Every month, Shay discusses some of the technical changes to our site in his Traklight Tech Talks blog. Last month saw the introduction of iframes. And today is an update on our most recent website enhancements. Be sure to stay updated with these updates by subscribing to our blog. Well, it’s that time again; timeContinue reading “Traklight Tech Talks: IP Vault Enhancements”

Previously in our Intellectual Property (IP) Best Practices series, we introduced 10 steps to maximizing your IP. Today’s blog is the second in this series, and the first to begin discussing each of those steps in sequence. Please check back every Monday for the next part in this series. Enjoy! The big question that anyone runningContinue reading “IP Best Practices: Identifying Intellectual Property, Step 1”

If you’re guessing it’s the secret formula for the Krabby Patty sorry—though you have to give Mr. Krabs his due—he’s held Plankton at bay for more than fifteen years. So then, what is it? Think. That’s right—it’s the formula for good ol’ Coca Cola®. It has been, continues to be, and probably always will beContinue reading “The Most Valuable Trade Secret Ever—and How It Stayed That Way”

  Company Formation Previously on our Taking the Scary Out of Startup series, we discussed how ideas are just the start. Once you decide to move forward with that idea, you must start form your company. This should be one of the first stems, and is not just “nice to have.” Operating without a businessContinue reading “Taking the Scary Out of Startup: Why Startups Succeed, Part 8”

The Washington professional football franchise has come under increasing scrutiny over the past few years for its continued use of the nickname “Redskins,” with critics deriding the use of a pejorative term as the team name and castigating team owner Dan Snyder’s unwillingness to even consider changing it.  A recent ruling by the U.S. PatentContinue reading “Patent Office Revokes Trademark Protection for Redskins Name”

 

Trade secret lawsuits are not uncommon, but a recent lawsuit has caught the attention of the mainstream media. Louis Vuitton North America has gone to court in New York, alleging that a former VP transferred sensitive files from her company laptop onto external storage devices before resigning to take a position with Coach, a luxuryContinue reading “Louis Vuitton Goes to Court with Lawsuit Over Trade Secrets”

The stealing of trade secrets is such a big problem that the government has been going around in circles trying to fix the issue. With concerns made clear from the Obama Administration and attempts to use international diplomacy to stop trade secret hacks, Congress seems to finally be stepping up to provide more federal IPContinue reading “Proposed Defend Trade Secrets Act for Federal IP Protection”