The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) refers to intellectual property crimes as a "growing threat." They note that they devote a lot of resources to stopping it, but it's something that is happening more often and impacting more people. Why does the FBI look at it...
A non-disclosure agreement, or an NDA, is used to protect company secrets. It essentially says that the employee will have access to these secrets as a necessary part of their job, but they cannot legally let this information get to a third party. Doing so could harm...
You have your own company. While you have done a fair amount of branding, you don't have an official logo. You figure that you don't have anything to trademark, as a result, because trademarks are just for logos. Is this true? It's not, but it is a common myth. It is...
People sometimes confuse public access with public domain. One of the biggest copyright myths is that these two things are actually the same. They are very different. For example, artwork that is available on the internet is open to public access. That does not mean...
If you're thinking about how to protect your trade secrets, you may be thinking about a rare situation where an employee decides to sell out your secrets for a personal payday. You want to make sure it doesn't happen, even though you think it's uncommon and even...
