While laws may be made with good intentions, the fact still remains that complying with them can be a real challenge for large businesses, let alone small ones. Yet, as the saying goes, “ignorance is no excuse”. To help small-business owners be better informed, the team at Fletcher Day has listed …
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Protecting Your Intellectual Property when Developing and Hiring for a Project
When Antsy Labs, maker of the Fidget Cube, decided to delay production because of a fault they found in the first few units, they took a massive risk with heavy consequences. Their manufacturer was contracted by another entrepreneur to produce the same design, and that entrepreneur made more than …
Do You Have Trade Secrets? Here’s How to Protect Them
The closely guarded formula for Coca-Cola is stored in a bank vault that can only be opened by a resolution of the company’s board of directors. Only two Coca-Cola employees ever know the formula at any one time, and their identities are not made public. Also in a bank vault is the formula for …