With the recent press release from SIM IP and Tangibly, a client recently asked me a simple but important question: how does litigation funding actually work? The missing piece in trade secret enforcement Litigation is expensive, and intellectual property litigation...
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A newly filed lawsuit in the Northern District of California centers on alleged trade secret misappropriation involving an AI powered patent analysis and management tool. VideoLabs, Inc., a Silicon Valley based intellectual property licensing and patent aggregation...
To patent or not to patent, that is the right question. Don’t get us at Tangibly started on “patent vs. trade secret” or “patent or trade secret”. There’s no reason why a creative IP advisor can’t consider both patents AND trade secrets. The right initial question to...
If you think about it, everything starts out as a trade secret, even patents. It is more important to first consider your trade secret strategy before deploying your patent attorney. Patents start out initially as an idea or a set of experiments or designs. If...
Important IP Law Essentials for Tech Startups Tech startups should think about IP from an early age. Waiting until later when you have more time, funding, or whatever might never happen, or be too late to secure meaningful protection. Engaging with an advisor or an...
When to Bring in a Patent Attorney (and How to Prepare) Protecting your innovation isn't a one size fits all game. Between patents, trade secrets, copyrights, and trademarks, deciding when to involve a patent attorney can feel overwhelming. Yet timing your legal...
Tim Londergan, founder of Tangibly, shares his journey of enlightenment in the world of intellectual property. Initially focused solely on trade secrets, customer feedback and market trends led to the development of Patent X-Ray, a tool predicting underlying trade secrets in patents.
The Act requires the President to report to Congress annually on foreign entities who engage in trade secret theft
Even the world’s largest patent aggregator can end up in trade secret litigation! Seattle-based Intellectual Ventures (“IV”) is famous for being a huge patent aggregator / non-practicing entity. IV laid off multiple researchers when their project funding was drying...
One of the basic requirements of US patents is that they be “enabled”. This “enablement” allows one of ordinary skill in the art to read the patent and be able to make and use the described technology without undue experimentation. Basically, it shouldn’t be too hard...
Everyone has been excited about AI lately (including Tangibly with its impressive “Patent X-Ray” analysis tool). As usual, the legal system struggles to keep up with technology. AI is no different – many interesting and difficult questions are emerging at breakneck...
From Tim Londergan, Tangibly: "Thank you to Sharon Belenzon for the opportunity to participate in Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business Summer School on the Economics and Management of Innovation. It was so rewarding to see the interest in trade secrets from...