Trade secrets are the building blocks that make your business successful. Trade secrets are intellectual property that you need to first identify and then figure out strategies to keep them protected. A specialized formula, a secret recipe and a unique way you process or make something can be considered a
Arctic Cat has recently been awarded damages of $46.7 million in its case against Bombardier Recreational Products, Inc. (BRP), an award that is more than triple the $15 million the jury awarded Arctic on June 1st. The judge’s decision to increase the amount of the award was based on the
The fight between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s two leading smartphone manufacturers, is not limited to the marketplace – in the past five years, Apple has filed over fifty patent infringement lawsuits internationally against Samsung. The most recent United States ruling was decided in favor of Apple
Patent infringement damages are only as good as the strength of the underlying patent. The patent damages expert assumes that the litigated patent is a valid patent and that it has been infringed. It is up to the attorney to win or lose the liability phase of the trial. Winning or
Patent infringement analysis is only as good as the expertise of the analyzers–specifically, their understanding of United States patent laws. According to the Office of the General Counsel for North Carolina State University, the entity which defends the ownership rights of products/services invented by university employees, a U.S. patent gives the inventor “the right
