Trade secret rights, when properly utilized, can also protect your valuable business assets.

• A company’s most valuable assets are often its intellectual property including confidential information. A robust IP strategy thus considers strategic use of federal and state trade secret law to pick up where patents and trademarks end. We help clients identify technologies that are most appropriately protected using trade secrets. With the proliferation of technology in the workplace, we also counsel clients to implement effective information security tools and policies to prevent intentional or inadvertent loss of rights.
• Both IP and employees can be highly mobile in today’s constantly connected world. Our clients all have one thing in common:  the need to protect against theft of their IP from both external and internal threats.
  Our trade secret counseling services include advice regarding properly crafting of employee agreements, and of appropriate clauses in agreements with suppliers, consultants, and customers to protect your IP against loss.

From the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) to the European Union Directive on Copyright, our team considers the worldwide impact of copyright law and its strategic use in business. Copyright law can often provide an effective solution when patent infringement or trade secret theft is difficult to detect.
We have specific expertise with protecting copyright rights in computer software, including maintaining and clarifying rights in the context of development and licensing agreements.
We prepare, submit and respond to DMCA takedowns on behalf of clients.
We register original works of authorship with the U.S. Copyright Office.