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Legal Protection for the Software Arts — Part 1
Software has an outsized role in the economy contributing over…

Strengthen Your Intellectual Assets (Part 1): IP Audits
Some people have a visceral reaction to the word audit. They…

IP Monetization: 4 Categories for Consideration
Because IP monetization covers a wide range of business and legal…

Outsourced Manufacturing and Trade Secrets: Final Considerations
Transition Services
After termination or expiration, the company…

Outsourced Manufacturing and Trade Secrets: Security Procedures for Access, Storage, and Transmission (Part 12)
Licensing of Trade Secrets and IP
The licensing of the…

Outsourced Manufacturing and Trade Secrets: Obligations Concerning Manufacturer’s Employees and Contractors (Part 11)
Employee Termination
While not always possible given local…

Outsourced Manufacturing and Trade Secrets: The Manufacturer Relationship (Part 10)
The outsourced manufacturing agreement should require procedures…

Conducting Trade Secret Audits
I am very pleased that the white paper I wrote with Donal O'Connell…

Trade Secret Theft in China
I am delighted that a short paper of mine (co-authored with…

HR and Trade Secret Asset Management
by David Cohen and Donal O'Connell
Trade Secrets:
While…