Patents are the go-to method for protecting inventions but you have alternatives such as trade secrets, defensive disclosures, and utility models. Also consider filing a patent application with delayed examination.Read More

We recently posted about how trade secrets are not cheap or easy IP protection. The current situation in the technology industry reminds us of another issue with depending on trade secrets – what happens when employees leave. Your patent portfolio is more robust than your trade secrets during downsizing and all employee departures.Read More

You are being misled by the promise of trade secrets being free and easy. Trade secrets can be part of a complete IP program as appropriate for your innovations and business.Read More