Business Lawyer
The Value of an Attorney's Insight in the Development and Protection of your Intellectual Property
Many companies have a vast untapped resource of business opportunities with regard to the intellectual capital of their employees. After all, who knows the intricacies of your business better than your employees do?
Do your employees or independent agents:
- Improve or create products or services for you?
- Improve or create brochures or other marketing materials for you?
More importantly, could your employees collaborate and substantially improve your business offerings or method of promoting your business?
Intellectual Property (IP) Management is a comprehensive system of managing your existing resources with the emphasis on creating and protecting new avenues of opportunity. An effective IP Management System:
- Encourages disclosure,
- Provides a method to protect the disclosed IP with the company's ultimate benefit in mind,
- Educates your employees on the conduct necessary to protect IP in the preliminary phases of protection, so you don't forfeit your rights,
- Encourages your employees' cooperation in the procurement of formal IP rights,
- Provides for the monitoring of the IP landscape for potential infringers or your potential (and costly) infringement, and
- Provides for the enforcement of your rights.