Protecting trade secrets with nondisclosure agreements
As a North Carolina business owner, your business’s trade secrets, or the confidential information it has that gives it a competitive edge, may be among its most valuable assets. At Meynardie &…
What are the best ways to protect intellectual property?
North Carolina companies who have developed new inventions or ideas have the right to protect those ideas without fear of them being stolen by another. These ideas, often known as…
Patent or trade secret: Which should you use?
Your trade secrets are what set your North Carolina organization apart from the competition, so it makes sense that you would want to take all possible measures to protect those…
The right to privacy is a delicate thing
Company Q was unhappy when it hemorrhaged four employees with access to sensitive trade secrets. The first Company Q employee to resign, Defector A, set up two competing companies. Three…
North Carolina Trade Secrets Law Complements New Federal Remedies
Comparing Federal and North Carolina Trade Secret Protection by Bob Meynardie May 9, 2016 Bob Meynardie, Trade Secrets & Non-Competes A new federal private cause of action to protect trade…
Protecting Trade Secrets In North Carolina
Dueling Statutes As we first described before the federal statute was enacted, the owner of a trade secret in North Carolina now enjoys the protection of both the Federal Defend…