Secret sauce: Legal expert dishes tips for safeguarding business knowledge

With more and more startups and entrepreneurs on the move to Florida’s rising tech hubs, it’s a boom time for intellectual property law in the Sunshine State.

  • By Brian Hartz
  • | 6:00 a.m. October 4, 2019
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Mark Wemple. Scott Doyle has brought his considerable expertise in intellectual property law and litigation to Greenberg Traurig's Tampa office.
Mark Wemple. Scott Doyle has brought his considerable expertise in intellectual property law and litigation to Greenberg Traurig's Tampa office.
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Over the summer, St. Petersburg financial advice website The Penny Hoarder’s high-profile lawsuit against competitor Fluent Inc. thrust intellectual property law issues into the spotlight. The multimillion-dollar action brought by Penny Hoarder founder and CEO Kyle Taylor alleged copyright infringement and violations of non-compete agreements that resulted in the theft of source code.

 

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