Patent and Trade Secret Protection: Turning Nightmares into Sweet Dreams

You arrive home from another long day at the office, have some dinner, start to catch up on the day’s news on the couch, and slowly doze off…

…you are back in the office, and one of your employees comes to you with an idea that will make your company boatloads of money. You call your attorney and tell him you want this idea protected, immediately, if not sooner.

 “What’s the idea?”

“I can’t tell just anyone.”

“Well, if you want a patent, you are going to have to tell the whole world. Okay, let’s go about this another way: How hard would it be for your competitors to figure out your approach once you start using it to make your products?”

“Pretty easy. If they cut open one of our devices, they could figure out what we’re doing.”

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