One of the single most important legal agreements you can use to protect your intellectual property is a non-disclosure agreement or NDA. An NDA ensures parties keep sensitive and proprietary information confidential. In the course of creating IP, you’ll likely end up...
It’s important for budding student innovators, creators, and inventors to understand how to manage intellectual property (IP) specifically as it relates to an educational setting. This is especially relevant today, as we see a growing number of educational programs...
Your company intellectual property (IP) is a valuable asset in need of strong protection. In this two-part series, we’ll explain how to protect your company intellectual property with employee policies (Part 1) and legal agreements (Part 2). All Companies Have...
How to Search Trademarks (Part 2) If you’ve read the first article in this series on basic trademark searching and feel ready to expand your skills, read on! This article covers how to search trademarks and more advanced searching techniques within the USPTO’s...
How to Do a Trademark Search? You’ve come up with the perfect name or logo for your new product or service, and now want to trademark it. How do you know that your perfect name or design isn’t already in use? The way to find out is to perform a search in the United...
By Jiho Kim, B.Com/LL.B. (IV), University of Sydney; Intern, Michelson IP In one of the more high-profile trade secret dispute cases, LG Chemical and SK Innovation have been battling before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) since April 2019 on matters...
