The licensing of the company’s trade secrets and other IP should be consistent with the company’s identification of its trade secrets and other IP and appropriately limited in scope.

While not always possible given local labor laws, to the extent possible, the company should require the manufacturer to adopt protocols to govern a termination of the manufacturer’s employees

This post will provide an overview of key IP issues encountered when dealing with employees and independent contractors.

Apple and the Fearsome five are doing it again.   The same people who pushed the fallacious “troll bogeyman”; engaged in PTAB proxy warfare

While most are unlikely to be familiar with the standards development organization IEEE-SA, everyone is familiar with its flagship standard IEEE 802.11, more commonly referred to by its brand name Wi-Fi, that is utilized by billions of people daily.

Over the course of my 20+ years practicing law, I have had the honor of working with many individuals at the cutting edge of all aspects of intellectual property.

Well it finally happened. Notwithstanding the settlement with Apple, the district court overseeing the FTC’s case against Qualcomm issued a blistering, 233 page opinion against Qualcomm’s SEP licensing practices.

Over the past 100 years corporate America has become quite sophisticated in how it lobbies the US Federal and State government and regulators.

In the topsy-turvy world of Standard Essential Patent (SEP) litigation, a court acknowledging the obvious often counts as news.

“China national charged with stealing trade secrets” – U.S. Justice Department