Intellectual

Property, Confidentiality & Non-Competes

We help companies protect their intellectual property rights and proprietary information and assets.

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Intellectual Property, Confidentiality & Non-Competes

A company’s confidential and proprietary information, as well as its people assets, allows itself to keep an edge over its competition and are some of the most important assets that a business possesses.

Our attorneys have experience in:

  • Drafting restrictive covenants and policies that preclude former employees from competing with their employer for a certain amount of time after the employment relationship ends and protecting the employer’s intellectual property and confidential information and preventing or minimizing solicitation of employees or customers.
  • Identifying ways for employers to increase security and protect intellectual property and confidential information.
  •  Litigating matters involving restrictive covenants, trade secret theft, and using confidential materials.
  • Litigating disputes involving ownership of intellectual property rights.
  • Registering intellectual property (e.g., trademarks, copyrights, etc.).
  • Securing injunctive relief regarding the taking of confidential materials or infringement on property rights.
  • Securing TROs and other legal actions to respond to hacking, anonymous items and actions, and more to protect company assets and rights.
  • Collaborating with companies to implements strategies to avoid solicitation of employees and customers and the taking of company proprietary information.
  • Sending cease and desist letters to third parties and former employees to return equipment and company property and to cease violations of trade secret and other applicable laws and Company policies.