Intellectual Property and Assessing its Financial Value

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Overview

FloraGlo® as a nutriceutical for the prevention of age-related macular

degradation. The defendant filed a counterclaim seeking a declaratory

judgment that Kemin’s patents were invalid and unenforceable. The

court of appeals affirmed the district court’s holding that the patent

claims were valid, and that Kemin Foods was entitled to damages based

on the defendant’s infringement of its patents.

Tools for maintaining confidentiality and

safeguarding IP

Confidential disclosure agreements (CDAs), which are also called non-

disclosure agreements (NDAs) or secrecy agreements, refer to a contract

that protects confidential or trade secret information ...