Tag Archives: Trade Secrets
What Qualifies As A Trade Secret?
Trade secrets can include a wide variety of confidential business information. Ranging from scientific formulas and computer codes to marketing plans and pricing strategies, these truly innovative ideas are often among a company’s most valuable assets. The law allows for these ideas to be protected as trade secrets. It gives businesses a real incentive… Read More »
Do People Involved in Partnership Disputes Need to Retain an Attorney?
Partnerships are one of the most common business formations utilized in Florida. A partnership exists when two or more individuals cooperate to conduct business for profit. While partnerships are relatively easy to form, they have the inherent drawback of making all partners personally liable for all debts incurred by the business. In fact, if… Read More »
Intellectual Property Protection for Restaurants
Restaurant owners often wonder about whether they can use the intellectual property (IP) system to stop competitors from stealing their recipes. The answer, as with so many things in law, is that it is complicated. American IP is divided into four categories: patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. These each protect their own types… Read More »
