Posts Tagged: "CREATE.org"

Corporate Counsel Should Carefully Consider the Company’s Trade Secret Position and Form a Game Plan to Protect the Company

Among the most disastrous mistakes with trade secrets is believing you own them when you do not. A number of highly-contentious trade secrets disputes have arisen when joint ventures and similar business partnerships were dissolved. Even companies with forward-thinking legal departments who carefully document such deals may find that they inherit new issues with acquisitions of companies where the prior legal department wasn’t as careful or complete. Compounding these issues is the fact that documentation varies globally – and over time. Even in a well-documented deal, upon dissolution of the relationship, it can turn out that the ownership of trade secrets the company thought belonged to it is unclear, or is joint. In a poorly-documented deal, it may be unclear who owns contributed or even jointly-developed trade secrets – or it may never have been considered in the first place. Even where the documentation is clear, the facts may not be, because over time the history of “contributions” can be lost or muddied by time, additional facts, or complexity.

Paul Steadman & Ferlillia Roberson

November 3, 2017

Health & Safety Risks from Counterfeits in the Supply Chain

The white paper outlines just how these counterfeit parts are entering the global supply chains. Even though there are government regulations and precautionary measures taken by the industry, there seems to be a growing problem with counterfeit parts that can cause damage and even fatalities. The introduction of the whitepaper claims: “The complex and distributed nature of supply chains has created vulnerabilities for companies and organizations. Governments and regulations can only go so far. As such, industry can benefit from taking a more proactive approach to protecting the supply chain from counterfeit products and pirated materials.”

Corinne Kerston

November 19, 2012