Technology and Intellectual Property Practice

| Services | Technical Experience | Patent Prosecution Practice | Counseling and Opinions |
| Administrative Proceedings | Licensing and Transactions | Copyright | Trade Secrets |
| Brand Management and Trademark Registration/Enforcement | International Capability |

Trade Secrets
To the extent a business holds identifiable trade secrets they should be protected.  Trade secrets may include such elements as proprietary formulae, manufacturing processes and drawings, software, marketing information, business plans, and customer lists.  Customarily, the majority of any given organization’s trade secret information is embodied in the knowledge of its employees and the tangible information available on its premises.  Protecting trade secrets requires emphasizing confidentiality, such as need-to-know accessibility and security.

The counsel offered by The Harris Firm focuses on the controls placed upon the distribution of, and access to, such information inside and outside the organization, and how to convey the importance of protecting proprietary business information to the organization’s employees.