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Security Managers Roadmap For Identifying - Protecting Intangible Assets And Intellectual Property: |
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Written by Michael D. Moberly
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Friday, 19 September 2008 21:16 |
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Mr. Moberly made a presentation to ASIS International' 2008 Annual Seminar and Exhibits on September 15th titled 'Security Managers Roadmap to Identifying and Protecting Intangible Assets and Intellectual Property'. Mr. Moberly's presentation focused on aiding attendees (a.) to recognize what intangible assets are, (b.) know where intangible assets are embedded within a firm, (c.) how to unravel and assess intangibles, (d.) relationship between intangible assets and compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and FASB, (e.) recognizing how intangibles and IP are literally in play in most every business transaction, and (f.) how to develop a corporate culture that recognizes-respects asset value, and understands intangibles' contributions to value and revenue. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 19 September 2008 21:37 )
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Trade Secrets Recognized As Intangibles |
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Written by Michael D. Moberly
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Thursday, 29 May 2008 21:35 |
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Michael D. Moberly May 29, 2008 The Ohio Supreme Court ruled (February, 2008) that the use of protected trade secret information by a former employee who had memorized it during his employment violated the state's trade secret law. (Al Minor & Assoc., Inc. v. Martin, Slip Opinion No. 2008-Ohio-292) The Court held that use of trade secret information does not lose its character as a trade secret (under USTA) merely because a former employee memorized it rather than writing it down or copying it in some other tangible medium. For professionals charged with protecting and monitoring trade secrets and other proprietary information and know how, this ruling draws attention to many issues, three of which are: |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 02 June 2008 13:45 )
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ASIS Trends and Solutions Conference Presentation |
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Written by Michael D. Moberly
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Wednesday, May 7, 2008 Mr. Moberly along with Cynthia Hetherington, Managing Director, AON, will be making at presentation at ASIS 'Trends and Solutions' conference on May 19th titled 'Investigative Due Diligence for Information Asset Protection'. Today, due diligence must be much more than snap-shots-in-time and confirmatory reviews using generic checklists. Due diligence protocols and practices must be tailored to identify, unravel, and assess (value) of the often embedded and under-the-radar intangible assets, intellectual property and proprietary competitive advantages which collectively comprise as much as 75% of an organizations' real sources of revenue and value. |
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Competitor Intelligence Firm Searches U.S. Customs Records of Ocean Containers |
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Written by Michael D. Moberly
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Wednesday, 28 May 2008 15:58 |
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May 28, 2008 ImportGenius is a relatively new 'competitor intelligence startup' that has a search engine to monitor U.S. Customs records of ocean containers entering American ports. For those professionals charged with mitigating adverse affects of competitor and business intelligence you may find it beneficial to visit both of the sites noted below. http://www.importgenius.com http://www.importgenius.com/blog |
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IP Rights Enforcement Act 2007 |
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Written by Michael D. Moberly
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I believe the IPREA (S-522) should include strong language that encourages U.S. businesses to seek - receive specific training to aid their company to 'sustain control, use, ownership, value, and brand integrity of their IP and proprietary know how' as a requisite to engaging in international transactions. The ultimate defense to counterfeiting and piracy is awareness, alertness and education! Absent the insertion of business education provisions in S-522 that would specifically encourage U.S. businesses to assume more direct responsibility for 'sustaining control' of their IP, intangibles, and brand when engaged in international transactions, i.e., countries on the USTR's 301 Watch List (for example) it is unlikely that U.S. businesses will realize any near term benefits from this proposed bill. |
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