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- Insurance For Defending Against And Pursuing Patent
Infringement
By: Robert
J. Clark, Esq.
There are generally two types of patent insurance: patent
abatement insurance (also referred to as enforcement, assertion,
or pursuit insurance), and patent liability insurance (also
referred to as infringement defense insurance). View
- Guardians at the Gate - Trade Secret Protection
By: Stephen
E. Chappelear, Esq.
Employees have a duty under the law not to use or disclose
their employer's confidential information in a way to harm
the employer. Violation of this duty may lead to a lawsuit
for damages and/or an injunction to prevent further damage.
The better course of action, however, is to prevent the theft
of the secret information in the first instance. View
- Design Patents - The Other Patent
By: Keith
J. Marcinowski, Patent Agent
A design patent gives the owner the right to prevent others
from making, using, or selling a product that so resembles
the patented product that an "ordinary observer" might
purchase the infringing article, thinking it was the patented
product. To qualify for design patent protection, the design
must be (1) new in the sense that no single, identical design
existed previously; (2) ornamental; and (3) original. View
- Negotiating Software License Agreements - A Checklist
for Software Users
By: Candace
M. Jones, Esq.
If your company is acquiring software that is significant
- either in price or because it will serve a mission critical
function - users should review license terms carefully before
accepting the software. To facilitate this evaluation, a
checklist of basic license terms is discussed. View
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