Trade Secrets and Intellectual Property Your trade secrets are intellectual property. According to U.S. law, a trade secret is a device, idea, process, formula or pattern that provides you with a competitive advantage in your industry. As a business owner and the...
How can people confuse trademarks?
Many businesses use trademarks to help distinguish themselves from competitors in the marketplace. Should another party infringe on your trademark, you might have to litigate them to stop the infringement. But if you want to protect your trademark, you want people to...
Can you sue for stolen trade secrets?
Trade secrets vary widely across industries, but there is a standard legal idea of what constitutes this type of information. Whether you have a case regarding the theft of a trade secret would probably depend heavily on the details of your situation. It may also...
Why should you register your copyright?
As a creative Georgia entrepreneur, you likely have created several original works in the past and probably will create many more in the future. As you may already know, each of these original creations receives an automatic copyright upon its “publication,” i.e., its...
What is the value of a trade secret?
Any type of secret has value because people always want to try to discover what it is. That is the curious nature of humans. However, trade secrets are special. These are secrets that have a monetary and business value. Sometimes they are the single thing that makes a...
