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Trade Secrets, Trademarks & IP
Customer lists and confidential information, injunctions, trademark conflicts, copying, NDAs and licensing disputes under Texas and federal law.
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Trade Secrets, Trademarks & IP
Getting an Emergency Injunction to Stop Trade Secret Misuse
A Texas court can issue a TRO within days and a temporary injunction after a hearing within two weeks, if you show a probable right to relief and imminent, irreparable harm.
Trade Secrets, Trademarks & IP
How a Trade Secret Lawsuit Unfolds: TRO, Expedited Discovery and Sealing
A trade secret case runs fast for the first weeks, through a TRO, forensic imaging, a protective order and an injunction hearing, then slows to ordinary litigation.
Trade Secrets, Trademarks & IP
I Received a Trademark Cease and Desist Letter. What Should I Do?
Do not ignore it and do not rebrand yet. Check their rights, check who used the name first, and judge whether confusion is really likely. Then answer through counsel.
Trade Secrets, Trademarks & IP
Investigating a Departing Employee's Devices and Accounts: What Is Allowed
Company-owned devices and accounts may be examined. Personal email and cloud accounts may not, even if the password is saved. Use a forensic examiner and preserve before you look.
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IP Licensing Disputes: Royalties, Scope and Termination
Most licensing fights are contract disputes over what the license covers and what is owed. Use outside the scope can also be infringement, which changes the remedies and the court.
Trade Secrets, Trademarks & IP
My New Hire Is Accused of Bringing a Competitor's Trade Secrets. Defending the Company
Hiring the person is not misappropriation. Using or keeping the files after you know where they came from is. Stop, preserve, segregate and answer the letter with counsel.
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Reasonable Measures: Protecting Trade Secrets Before Anyone Leaves
Courts protect only secrets you protected first. Identify them, limit access, put confidentiality in writing with the federal notice, and run the same exit process every time.
Trade Secrets, Trademarks & IP
Remedies in a Trademark Case Under the Lanham Act
A court can order the infringer to stop, award its profits and your damages, increase damages up to three times, order destruction and, in exceptional cases, award fees.
Trade Secrets, Trademarks & IP
Someone Is Using a Name Like Mine. Trademark Infringement Basics
You may have a claim if you used the name first and customers are likely to confuse the two. Rights come from use, registration strengthens them, and confusion is the test.