Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition

California Trade Secret Lawyer

Protecting unpatented IP assets • Unfair trade practices

At Wang, Hartmann, Gibbs & Cauley, PC, we help new technology companies develop and protect trade secrets in a fiercely competitive marketplace. Our attorneys assist emerging businesses by establishing legal structures around unpatented products, processes, inventions, and other forms of proprietary information. We also represent the interests of technology companies and other clients in unfair trade disputes.

To learn about your legal options in a trade secret or deceptive business practice matter, contact our California IP law firm.

Protect Your Assets - Profit From Your Ideas

Our intellectual property attorneys protect the rights of engineers and other entrepreneurs who left existing companies to launch businesses based on their own unpatented ideas. We also represent the interests of clients whose trade secrets have been compromised or exploited by former employees.

We help businesses determine if maintaining the trade secret is advantageous to the company in the long-term. Evaluation of trade secrets is an important part of intellectual asset management. In some cases patenting and licensing the technology is more profitable. Our firm handles the patent application and negotiates the license agreements.

Many trade secret matters result in litigation between a large business and a newly formed company. Some companies pursue claims against former employees. In all trade secret law cases 4 elements must be determined:

• Was the information confidential?
• Does it have commercial value?
• Is it not well-known in the public domain?
• unintelligable)— Ask Client to clarify

Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
Our IP attorneys provide a strong voice for companies in disputes involving allegations of unfair trade practices. We represent plaintiffs and defendants in claims involving false advertising and trade dress violations. The trial attorneys at Wang, Hartmann, Gibbs & Cauley, PC, handle unfair competition lawsuits in state and federal court.

To protect your company's rights in a matter involving trade secrets or an unfair trade dispute, contact our California intellectual property lawyers. We represent small technology startups, publicly traded companies, and multi-national corporations.

U.S. offices in Newport Beach and San Jose, CA
International office in Beijing