How Having Your Trade Secrets Stolen Can Affect Your New York Business

A trade secret theft lawsuit that was recently filed in upstate New York by the Price Chopper chain store illustrates rather vividly how having your small business’s trade secrets – in this case pricing information – can dramatically impact your bottom line.
In its initial suit papers, Price Chopper claims that competitor Giant Market would have someone consistently [...]

Who Says Small Business Can’t Protect Its Proprietary Technology Against the Big Boys?

On May 21, a Texas jury rendered a verdict against software giant Microsoft, and awarded a relatively small Canadian software company $200 million after finding that Microsoft had infringed on i4i’s proprietary technology. And this isn’t even the first time this year that a jury has found in favor of a much smaller business in [...]