Texas Noncompete Enforceability
This post and related podcast episode covers what is required for a noncompete to be enforceable under Texas law.
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Trade Secrets and Former Employees—Effect of No Written Agreement
This post and related podcast episode are aimed at answering the question of how protected a company’s trade secrets are in the absence of a confidentiality agreement, if at all.
McDonalds Ice Cream Machine Drama
In this blog post and podcast episode I explain the unfolding drama pertaining to the notoriously unreliable ice cream machines at McDonald’s restaurants and the lawsuit recently filed by Kytch, a company that developed technology aimed at solving these ice cream problems.
What is Trade Secret Misappropriation and a Real World Example
This post and podcast episode covers what trade secret misappropriation is, along with a real world example.
What is a Trade Secret?
In this post and podcast episode I discuss a lot about what is (and is not) a trade secret and a little about how to protect this important type of intellectual property.
Identifying and Protecting Trade Secrets
Trade secrets provide competitive advantages but must be treated correctly to be protected. To get a sense of what the law may protect as a trade secret, there is no better place to start than a definition (hint – it protects much more than technical drawings like those pictured, above). Then, this post will provide …