A non-compete and trade secret agreement is a contract signed by an employee where he or she agrees that they will not engage in certain employment within a certain geographic area for a certain period of time after they quit or are fired. Likewise, a non-solicitation agreements preclude a terminated employee from contacting the employer’s customers or remaining employees after leaving employment. ...

  Welcome to Trademark Law Radio, a top web resource on issues of trademark infringement, trademark licensing, trademark protection, and trademark registration. This Brian Hall, a trademark attorney with Traverse Legal, PLC, a law firm that represents trademark owners and those looking to establish trademark rights throughout the United States.  Today, I will be answering the question:  “H...

Not to be confused with trademark protection or patent law, a trade secret is, essentially, knowledge. Wikipedia defines a trade secret as “a formula, practice, process, design, instrument, pattern, or compilation of information which is not generally known or reasonably ascertainable, by which a business can obtain an economic advantage over competitors or customers.” Under trade secret law, thi...

Welcome to Trademark Law Radio, a top web resource on issues of trademark infringement, trademark licensing, trademark protection, and trademark registration. This is Brian Hall, a trademark attorney with Traverse Legal, PLC, a law firm that represents trademark owners throughout the United States and throughout the world.  Today, I will be answering the question, "How to stop trademark infringeme...

Cybersquatting. ACPA, UDRP & URS Cases. Commonly known as domain squatting, the definition of cybersquatting is different under the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA), the Uniform Domain Resolution Policy (UDRP) and  Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS). Essentially, it is the registration, use or attempts to sell a domain name with bad faith intent to profit from the goodwill...

Welcome to Defamation Law Radio. Internet defamation of character is as easy to perpetuate as a blog post, Facebook update, rating submission, or a forum comment.  Your online reputation is measured by the websites return as Google search results.  Do you know what people are saying and writing about you? Welcome to Defamation Law Radio, my name is Enrico Schaefer, and I am an internet law attorne...

Trademark law is the protection of symbols that serve as a designator of origin, source, sponsorship, endorsement, or affiliation. Trademark rights are obtained through a use of the trademark in commerce in association with goods or services, however, trademark registration provides additional benefits. Trademark registration allows a party file a lawsuit for trademark infringement in federal court, ...

Copyright infringement is the copying of the creative works of authorship of another that results in the violation of the rights secured to that author under federal law. These rights, guaranteed by § 106 of the Copyright Act, consist of the right to reproduce, to prepare derivative works, to distribute copies, to perform publicly, to display publicly, or to perform via digital audio transmission t...