Trade secret and patent laws both provide intellectual property protection but have conflicting requirements that can impose challenges for a company seeking to maximize its protection under each right.
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9/5/2019
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Corporate Counsel ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Inadvertent Disclosure ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventions ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patent Prosecution ,
Patents ,
Trade Secrets ,
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Today, technology companies are conceptualizing new ideas and improving upon those ideas at a blistering pace. Previously, under the United States’ first-to-invent patent system, such companies could afford to wait until new...more