Maryland Business Lawyers Preserving and Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights
Trade Secrets and Intellectual Property in Maryland – Drafting Agreements and Resolving Disputes with Competitors and Former Employees.
The Maryland commercial litigation lawyers at Cowie Law Group (formerly Cowie & Mott) are experienced at resolving complex commercial litigation disputes involving competitors and former employees engaged in unfair trade practices. Many businesses will face external challenges from predatory, unlawful practices from competitors and former employees involving theft of improper use of intellectual property and trade secrets These challenges can result in financial damages and lost business opportunities and require immediate action to prevent further loss. Many of our client have us prepare non-compete agreements with employees and competitors that protect and preserve intellectual property right that can later be enforced with injunctions and temporary restraining orders. In other instances we defend former employees and their start-up business who face litigation from ex-employers and competitors. Examples of the types of complex unfair trade practice litigation disputes we have pursued and defended include:
- Restraining orders and injunctions for violation of non-competition agreements
- Tortious interference with contract
- Intellectual property rights
- Teaming Agreements
- Non-Disclosure Agreements
- Technology Cooperation Agreements
- Tortious interference with business relationships
- Unfair competition and antitrust
- Unfair Trade Practices
- Licensing disputes
- Trade secret disputes
- Business defamation claims
- Theft and misuse of intellectual property
- Infringement claims
- Breach of confidentiality agreements
- Brach of non-compete employment contracts
- Business Torts
- Intellectual property claims
- Breach of non-solicitation agreements
- Breach of non-disclosure agreements
- Breach of non-competition agreements
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