COMM 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: The Employer, Business Method Patent, Current Liability
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Things to consider when leaving a company: you may be held liable for persuading people to leave the firm, you may not be allowed to compete with your former employer, recruitment of workers, non-compete. Information you learned on the job is protected: proprietary information. Recruitment of fellow employees: employees are not allowed to harm employe(cid:396)"s (cid:271)usi(cid:374)ess o(cid:374) pu(cid:396)pose, you can be held liable if you solicit and induce fellow employees to leave their jobs. Noncompetition: employees, management, and partners cannot compete with their company until they terminate the relationships with it. Intellectual property (ip) refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names and images used in commerce. Copyrights, patents, trademarks, trade secrets, integrated circuit. Determine whether the intellectual property in question is directly related to the firm"s competitive advantage. Decide whether the intellectual property in question has value in the marketplace. Common mistakes firms make in regard to protecting their intellectual.