The intellectual property in software can be protected three ways: patents, copyrights and trade secrets. Patents protect “inventions” that are useful, nonobvious and novel, and must be ...

R. Mark Halligan of FisherBroyles LLP discusses differences in patent and trade secret protection in areas including licensing, damages and injunctions.

Moreover, by putting too much emphasis on patents and patent applications, a startup may be neglecting the value of trade secrets. Trade secrets may not have the same cache as patents to a startup ...

8149 / What are the differences between trade secrets and patents? Share. Print this page. The essential advantage of both patents and trade secrets is that they protect the underlying idea.

R. Mark Halligan of FisherBroyles, LLP discusses the four stages of trade secret asset management, emphasizing the importance of starting with identification and classification before focusing on ...

Twitter said it has "serious concerns" about Meta’s new app, Threads, over its purported theft of intellectual property and trade secrets. FOX Business confirmed that Twitter lawyer Alex Spiro ...