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As intellectual property becomes increasingly important to a company's overall business strategy and performance, it is essential to understand the legal approaches to establishing a sophisticated IP regime through the efficient use of limited resources. This session discusses a variety of IP legal issues that your company is likely to face. It includes topics such as on-line IP asset management, practical approaches

A review of the year’s IP legal developments including patent, trademark and copyright primarily.

Presented at ACCA?s Annual Meeting 2000; Program - Advertising, Sponsorship, and Endorsement: Distinctions for Tax Exempt Organizations

This panel reviewed the basics of trade secrets and the practical steps in-house attorneys should take to protect trade secrets and educate company personnel on how to safeguard them. The panel highlighted recent cases to illustrate the types of disputes that arise from the misuse of trade secrets and how they might be avoided. Finally, the program addressed the nexus between trade secrets and employment agreements including, non-compete agreements and confidentiality agreements, as well as reviewed other important employee issues.

Brief review of the definition of a “trade secret,” what material is protectable as a trade secret; typical situations where trade secret protection may be lost; and finally, what steps should be taken when buying/selling a company where technology is protected by trade secrets.

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An agreement in which the client agrees to keep confidential a company's secret information transferred to the client. Includes provisions regarding the use of the information, limitation of employees' access to information, and the limits on the type of information transferred.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: United Kingdom
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Agreement in which company agrees to keep confidential the secret information of a client. Includes limits on use of secret information, limits on the company's employees access to the information, and the need for prior consent to use information.

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Source: Resource Library
Region: United Kingdom
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Agreement between two companies in which one company contracts to help the other develop a product. Provides for definition of terms, a statement of cooperation and development, development program management, ownership of technology, protection of technology, infringement of industrial property rights, funding of development program, confidentiality, assignment, term of the contract, and other standard provisions.

Bob Bailey -- vice president, assistant general counsel and assistant secretary, Bausch & Lomb Incorporated; Deborah L. Thaxter -- partner, Nixon Peabody LLP; Glenn E. Westreich -- partner, Nixon Peabody LLP

601 - Trade Secrets & Restrictive Covenants - Competing Considerations in a Mobile Marketplace

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Source: Meetings
Region: United States
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