Overview
Overview
O’Hagan Meyer helps businesses identify, protect, enforce, and maximize the value of their trade secrets and proprietary business information through practical counsel, strategic risk management, and litigation when necessary.
We work with companies of all sizes to develop and maintain trade secret protection programs tailored to their operations, technologies, and business objectives. Our lawyers advise on identifying protectable information, implementing policies and safeguards, and structuring confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements to support protection under the Defend Trade Secrets Act, the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, and applicable state laws. We also counsel clients on licensing and other strategies to maximize the value of proprietary information, technology, and know-how.
Our litigators represent businesses seeking to protect and enforce their trade secret rights, as well as companies and individuals defending against allegations of trade secret misappropriation. We have prevailed in high-stakes and technically complex disputes involving proprietary technology, software, hardware, manufacturing processes, formulas, research and development, pricing information, customer data, and other confidential commercial information, as well as claims involving trade secret misappropriation, unfair competition, breach of confidentiality obligations, and related business torts in state and federal courts nationwide. When our clients’ trade secrets are threatened or misappropriated, we act quickly to protect their competitive advantages, including securing temporary restraining orders and preliminary and permanent injunctions.
Drawing on experience handling trade secret, patent, trademark, trade dress, and copyright matters, we develop strategies that reflect the full scope of a client’s intellectual property rights and business objectives. Our team has prevailed in high-stakes and technically complex disputes involving computer hardware, software, data security technologies, proprietary manufacturing processes, and other valuable business assets.
When matters involve restrictive covenants, confidentiality obligations, employee mobility issues, or internal investigations into suspected misappropriation, our Intellectual Property and Labor & Employment litigators work together to provide coordinated counsel, resolving matters in and out of court.
