Business owners understand they need to protect their physical assets with an insurance policy, such as equipment, inventory, buildings and other tangible property. But many businesses fail to take steps to protect their intangibles, such as their name, logo, creative...
In part 1 of this post, we talked about the importance of trade secrets as a type of intellectual property that can be a key component of a successful Kentucky business of any type or size, in any industry. There are many steps a business can take to keep trade...
At our law firm, we help Kentucky entrepreneurs, small and family businesses, professional practices and medium- to large-sized corporations to protect their intellectual property portfolios from misappropriation in the marketplace. These key business assets may...
In part 1 of this post, we introduced the concept of the noncompetition agreement that an employer may require an employee to sign that will restrict by contract the employee’s right to engage in competitive employment or business activity after they leave. We talked...
Often Kentucky businesses and professional practices wish to restrict employees from leaving to work for the competition. They may have legitimate concerns about a former employee taking with them knowledge of the industry and of the business, goodwill with customers...
