Category: Intellectual Property

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Posted in Intellectual Property

Do Your Employee/Contractor Non-Disclosure Agreements Comply With New DTSA Notice Requirements? 

  From Fox Rothschild, Jim Singer discusses the new requirement that an employer provide notice of the…

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Posted in Intellectual Property

Work-For-Hire Clauses and Agreements: One Key to Intellectual Property Ownership

  From Lexology,  David O.Klein of Klein Moynihan Turco, LLC  offers recommendations for addressing work-for-hire provisions for independent…

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Posted in Intellectual Property

If It’s Worth It, You Should Work It (As a Work Made for Hire)

From JDSupra, Ivy Clarice Estoesta and Monica Riva Talley discuss the importance of protecting intellectual property rights…

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Posted in Intellectual Property

7 Essential IP Law Considerations for Startup Entrepreneurs 

From JDSupra, Jordan L. Walbesser offers 7 intellectual property recommendations for startup companies, including reminders that a startup…

sample non-compete agreement
Posted in Freelancing Intellectual Property

Covenant Gardens: Demystifying Noncompetition Agreements

From the Graphics Artists Guild, Philip I. Frankel explains the variuos types of  non-competition agreements (NCAs), what…

Indemnification clause
Posted in Freelancing Intellectual Property

Indemnity clauses leave freelancers open to lawsuits

From Poynter, Dawn Fallik and Jonathan Peters discuss the risks that face freelancers and independent contractors who sign…

Posted in Intellectual Property

Do You Really Own All Your IP?

From JDSupraBusinessAdvisor, Shabbi Khan and Christoper McKenna of Foley & Lardner discuss the importance for startup companies of…

Posted in Intellectual Property

Judge rules on Independent Contractor’s Trade Secret Claim

From the Association of Corporate Counsel, Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl LLC report a case in which…

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Posted in California Intellectual Property

Work Made For Hire Clauses in Contractor Agreements – Are You Really Getting What You Bargained For?

From WITI, Erica Bristol discusses the issues of having a “work made for hire” clause in a…

man working on a tablet
Posted in Intellectual Property Misclassification

Employees vs. Independent Contractors: The Consequences of Misclassification

From the National Law Review, Brittany Blackburn Koch associate at McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC, discusses the…

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The Independent Contractor: Who We Are  

From It’s My Business [website no longer exists]  — Who are independent contractors?  It’s My Business tells us:…