Matthew S. Trokenheim, Author at Professional Liability Matters

August 21, 2024 Risk Management

Managing Your Company’s Risk of Copyright Infringement

In the Internet era, every firm has a risk of copyright infringement. Employees copy and paste photos from the internet or embed social media posts to the company’s website or into a press release or news article. Images stored on the company server are renamed, and the scope of rights are no longer ascertainable. Artwork provided to a marketing partner is shared by that partner outside the scope of a license. Rights are believed to be secured for some content, but the licensor is not …

Legal form concept : Blue pen and a non compete contract on a clipboard. Noncompete contract is an agreement between employee and employer, not to enter into competition in subsequence business effort

April 25, 2024 Miscellaneous Professionals

Tips on Protecting Trade Secrets after FTC Bans Non-competes

On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission issued its final rule banning non-compete agreements nationwide, with the aim of “protecting the fundamental freedom of workers to change jobs, increasing innovation, and fostering new business formation.”

The fall of non-competes removes one of the more effective tools businesses have to protect their trade secrets by stopping employees from taking confidential information straight to a competitor. How, then, should companies with intellectual property to protect respond?

First, Sit Tight

This legislation has yet to be tested in …