Intellectual Property Archives

Category: Intellectual Property

Protecting Your Trade Secrets While Your Employees Are Working from Home

by Adam Philipp | Apr 27, 2020 | Intellectual Property

Pandemic cautions:
Protect company secrets
While working at home

Formula Patent Doesn’t Destroy Trade Secret Status

by Adam Philipp | Dec 11, 2019 | Intellectual Property, Patent

Formula patent Doesn’t destroy trade secret Rules Court of Appeal The California Court of Appeal has held that disclosing a formula in a patent doesn’t destroy the formula’s trade secret status as long as the patent doesn’t disclose the process for how the trade...

Can an NDA Block a PTAB Review?

by Adam Philipp | Jul 18, 2019 | Intellectual Property, Licensing, Patent, Trademark

Sneaky NDAs Can prevent patent review By PTAB Many patent owners and potential licensees enter into non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) at an early stage of discussions. These agreements may be either unilateral or mutual, and are intended to protect the disclosing party...