When an employee conceives of a new innovation, a business is often confronted with a difficult decision — whether to apply for patent protection on the innovation or whether to keep the innovation ...

Talks around the metaverse have raised a lot of questions—from what this virtual world will actually look like to how rules and laws from the "real" world will translate to that digital space. While ...

Building a strong brand is crucial for the success of any business. In the early stages of a startup, founders can start the brand-building process by protecting their intellectual property, ...

“The tension between patents and trade dress protection is most evident when the alleged trade dress (or aspects thereof) has been disclosed in a utility patent.” Patents and trademarks protect ...

Copyright protection is becoming a hot button issue across a wide variety of jurisdictions. In recent examination practice in mainland China, the number of cases ...

A grey area between two competing concepts has been playing out in the courts the world over, explains Shaukat Ali of Dennemeyer & Associates. Trade secrets are among a company’s most valuable assets, ...

David Poile was several hundred negotiations and nearly 40 years deep in his career as an NHL general manager before he found a reason to go against one of his core principles for running a hockey ...