This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) addresses the adoption of a patent invention assignment agreement to protect a company's intellectual property, under US law. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the forum of the Intellectual Property and Small Law Departments ACC Networks.*
This report compiles research across 47 key territories worldwide to explore which of those territories have data residency rules and the potential for penalties where companies do not comply with these rules.
This article is a summary of major copyright developments between December 2014 and March 2015.
This checklist includes key considerations for effectively addressing privacy and data security. It also lists federal- and state-level initiatives related to privacy and data security.
Independent Contractors are an attractive complement to most businesses. In this short Top Ten article, learn key Intellectual Property issues and practical tips related to the use of independent contractors (under US law).
Learn about legal issues that frequently arise in social media advertising, at an era where negative posts can be extremely damaging and hard to effectively control after their release. This short article discusses commercial social media posts, giveaways, contests, sweepstakes and similar promotions, confidential information, copyright and trademark infringement, rights of publicity and privacy, user generated content, endorsements, direct messages, privacy and data security, records retention and spoliation.
This InfoPAK (now known as ACC Guides) provides a high level overview of property law. The Intellectual Property (IP) in business transactions Q&A gives an overview of maintaining an IP portfolio, exploiting an IP portfolio through assignment and licensing, taking security over IPRs, IP and M&A transactions, and the impact of IP on key areas such as competition law, employees and tax in the United States.