Speaking Engagement
Law Seminars International Workshop on "Departing Employees and Intellectual Property"
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - Tuesday, February 26, 2008
06:00 AM BST - 06:00 AM BST
Bradford Newman will be speaking at the Law Seminars International Workshop on "Departing Employees and Intellectual Property." The seminar will take place on February 25, 2009 at the Sheraton Palo Alto Hotel in Palo Alto, CA.
Mr. Newman will be speaking on the session titled "Issues Between the Departed Employee and the Employee's New Employer." The topic will include:
Exit interviews
Contacting the new employer
Intellectual Property audits
Inevitable disclosure doctrine
Overview:For some employers, more than fifty percent of their assets walk out the door every day, hopefully to return the next day. Employees are the heart of Intellectual Property -- patents, copyrights and trade secrets. They conduct, and have access to, research; take part in new product development planning and create the designs, artwork and copy. Their ongoing contacts with customers, distributors and suppliers reach to every outside link of the company and fuel the ongoing enterprise.
Whether by layoffs, salary reductions or relocations, employees are leaving their positions at an increasing rate. Sooner or later, the former employees find new work, with new employers in their field or start up their own businesses taking advantage of their experience and, perhaps, the knowledge they earned at their former workplace.
Departed employees and changed employers, "abandoned" research, and aggressive competition over a smaller pie: What implications do these all have for intellectual property protection? Our distinguished faculty will explore this question, along with effective security measures for maintaining trade secrets, non-competes and post-employment non-solicitation provisions, employment agreement updates, and practical solutions. Attendees will learn ways to manage risks and participate successfully in this new era.
For more information or to register for this seminar go to http://www.lawseminars.com/detail.php?SeminarCode=09EMPCA