Intellectual Property

Economic Espionage Charges Dropped Against Tech Employees

Two fitness tech companies, FitBit and Jawbone, went head to head over the past decade. Jawbone debuted its fitness bracelet […]

Scattershot Regulation Of Biometrics

Advances in biometrics technology are rapidly finding their way into many industries – automotive, travel, security, health care, insurance and […]

Secure Sharing Of Files Online

A brief look at some off-the-shelf options for sending files and documents over the internet. All seven platforms reviewed here […]

AI and ML Patents By the Numbers

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted 14,838 patents that mentioned artificial intelligence or machine learning in 2019, roughly double […]

A Trade Secret Wake-Up Call

They are not easy to define, much less protect. Protecting trade secrets is both a technical issue and a managerial […]

Phishing Has Succeeded At More Than Half Of U.S. Organizations

More than half of U.S. organizations were successfully phished in 2019, meaning they lost data, faced a credential or account compromise, or a ransomware…

Advanced Ransomware Infects Backups Too

Ransomware, said in this article to be among the easiest threats to control (avoid opening suspicious emails) has an insidious […]

Women in Porn Dispute Win Copyright – And $12.7 Million

Twenty-two women who claim they were duped into participating in porn videos have won their case in California state court. […]

Biometrics Is Litigation Flashpoint In Illinois

Biometric technology is just “a natural outgrowth of how humans have always told each other apart,” according to one attorney […]

Restrictive Covenants Are the Most Effective Trade Secret Protection

A restrictive covenant that addresses the competitive activities of an employee both during and after the employment relationship is a […]

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