While You Were Masked: The Trademark Landscape Shifted

Article by: Christina McAmis

We have all been operating under the COVID-19 pandemic since mid-March. I feel like many of us, myself included, have been so occupied by everything COVID: lockdowns, hand sanitizer, face masks, and in-home schooling, that we haven’t really kept up with any of the other, normally interesting but not mind shattering happenings. Well, hey, that is completely understandable. Due to …

Best Practices to Protect Trade Secrets

Article by: Jason W. Power & Lynne D. Shelton

To protect its Intellectual Property Rights (“IPR”) by demonstrating that certain information qualifies as a trade secret, companies should consider the following: 1. Develop and Implement an Overall Intellectual Property Rights Protection Program. Whether a company is just starting out or is a multinational company with enormous revenues, an effective IPR protection strategy or program (“Program”) is critical to a …