Cyber-attacks are part of the daily news cycle. Just about any company, regardless of size and industry, can be an inviting target for hackers. Reportedly, 71 % of cyber-attacks are directed at companies with fewer than 100 employees. (Lou Shipley, …
A Simpler Approach To Protecting Certain Information Assets Read more »
On March 8, 2015, we explored trade secrets’ role in professional sports and left off with: So, what is next? Will professional sports teams take sufficient protective measures to protect their CVI [competitively valuable information] as trade secrets? They should. …
Intellectual property (IP) can be a company’s lifeblood. For example, a patent can provide a legal monopoly on technology and stimulate investment in the patent owner’s operations. At the same time, a patent may negatively impact a company’s viability or …
Cybersecurity Companies’ Patents: Assets, Roadmaps for Hackers or Both? Read more »
Howard Schmidt, a co-founder of Ridge-Schmidt Cyber LLC and a former cybersecurity adviser to Presidents Obama and Bush, recently rendered cybersecurity advice for boards of directors: “At every board meeting, whether it’s monthly, whether it’s quarterly, cybersecurity should be on …
Board Agenda and POTUS Priorities: Cybersecurity and Trade Secrets Read more »
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) apparently is about to confront some potentially significant issues involving intellectual assets (IA’s), including intellectual property assets (e.g., patents). More specifically, the PCAOB “is a nonprofit corporation established by Congress [through the Sarbanes-Oxley …