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18 July 2025 · Confidential Information, Contracts, NDA, Partnerships, Strategy, Trade secrets

“When an investor you pitched everything to, tells you they are now doing something competitive….It’s just a terrible feeling!”

“I Feel Kind Of Stupid Now,” Rugolo Added. “Because We Talked For So Long. I Met With Them so Many Times and Demo’d all Their People —Talking About All Our Ideas.” Not the first time and not the last! But how do you protect your business in this scenario? Jason Rugolo, founder and CEO of […]

10 February 2025 · AI, Confidential Information, Contracts, Cyber Security, Information Security, Innovation, Know-How, Knowledge, Knowledge Transfer, Trade secrets

Information Flows to The Highest Bidder. How About Yours?

A US Federal Reserve official leaked trade secrets while being paid US$450,000 to ‘teach’ at a Chinese university. This is the allegation by US prosecutors. John Rogers shared the information with Chinese intelligence officers who posed as graduate students from a Chinese university. The secret information was from the Federal Reserve’s powerful interest rate-setting committee […]

31 January 2025 · Articles, Contracts, Strategy, Trade Mark, Trademark

Does Your Trademark Strategy Mind the Gap?

Transport for London just lost the first round in a fight with Gap Inc. over a recent trademark application that included sunglasses, bags, wallets and umbrellas! Anyone who has travelled on the London Underground will be familiar with the ‘Mind The Gap’ announcement and floor statements, asking you take care when stepping on and off […]