Corp. Director’s and the need to understand IP

I have been arguing a need to make IP a larger part of the board discussions, but here is an decent article from Sterne Kessler Goldstein Fox I can hand out. http://www.skgf.com/media/news/news.228.pdf Well worth the read.

Jury in Coca-Cola trade secrets trial returns guilty verdict.

After deliberating for two days and telling the judge that they were hung, the jury returned for an additional day of deliberation and ultimately convicted the defendant of conspiracy to stead trade secrets from Coca-Cola and sell them to Pepsi. Former Cocal-Cola secretary, Joya Williams, faces up to 10 years in prison. Total deliberation time: [...]

Coca-Coke Trade Secrets Trial: How to keep trade secrets secret during litigation.

You want to hold someone accountable for stealing trade secrets, but the defense wants to put the items into evidence to show that they were not trade secrets. Once they have been entered into the public record, they are no longer a trade secret. What do you do? Coke Trade Secrets Trial Delayed Williams attorney, [...]

Coca-Cola trade secrets trial begins

Trial begins in alleged theft of Coca-Cola secrets – CNN.com Joya Williams, former administrative assistant to Coca-Cola’s global brand director, is accused of stealing stealing new product samples and confidential documents from Coca-Cola and trying to sell them to PepsiCo Inc.  The actual charge is for conspiracy, along with two other defendants, Edmund Duhaney and [...]