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Securing Intellectual Property - Protecting Trade Secrets and Other Information Assets
von: Information Security
Elsevier Reference Monographs, 2008
ISBN: 9780080941417 , 288 Seiten
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Securing Intellectual Property - Protecting Trade Secrets and Other Information Assets
Front Cover
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Securing Intellectual Property
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Copyright Page
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Contents
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Preface
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References
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Chapter 1: Elements of a Holistic Program
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Introduction
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False Memes Lead People the Wrong Way
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From the Industrial Age to the Information Age
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Chapter 2: Trade Secrets and Nondisclosure Agreements
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Introduction
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Contents
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What Is a Trade Secret?
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Basis of Trade Secret Law
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Trade Secret Law vs. Contractual Protection of Confidential Information
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Technology as a Trade Secret
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Source Code as a Trade Secret
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Product Ideas-Flying under the Radar Screen
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Confidential Business Information
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Confidential Information from Third Parties
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Limits to Trade Secrets
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How Long Trade Secrets Last
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Patents vs. Trade Secrets
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Can More Than One Company Have the Same Trade Secret?
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Care and Protection of Trade Secrets
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One Person in Charge of Confidentiality Measures
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Controls on Access to Confidential Data
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Entry Control and Badges
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Confidentiality Legends on Documents, Code, and Other Data
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Agreements with Third Parties to Protect Confidentiality
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Confidential Undertakings by Employees and Contractors
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Employee Guidelines
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Speeches, Paper, and Presentations
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New Employee Orientation
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Exit Process
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Nondisclosure Agreements and Confidential Disclosure
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Mutual or Unilateral NDAs
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Defining “Confidential Information”
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What Written Information Is “Confidential Information”?
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What Oral or Visual Information Is “Confidential Information”?
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Carve-Outs from Confidential Information
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Prohibition of Disclosure
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Use of Confidential Information
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When Does Protection Time-Out?
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Risks from Others’ Confidential Information
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Two-Stage Disclosure
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Watch Out for “Residuals” Clauses
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Are There Oral Agreements for Nondisclosure?
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Disclosure Agreements that Are the Opposite of NDAs
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When You Negotiate a Deal, Should NDAs Be Superseded?
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Confidentiality Clauses Generally
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Violations of Trade Secret Law
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What Is Illegal under Trade Secret Law?
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What Is Not Illegal under Trade Secret Law?
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What if Trade Secrets Are Disclosed?
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Dealing with Violations of Trade Secrets
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Remedies Short of Litigation
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Is Taking Trade Secrets a Crime?
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Can Software Trade Secrets Be Licensed or Sold?
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Use of Counsel in Managing Trade Secrets
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Chapter 3: Confidentiality, Rights Transfer, and Noncompetition Agreements for Employees
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Introduction
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Note on Terminology
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About Employment Law Generally
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Contents of Employee Agreements
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Confidentiality Provisions
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Definition of “Confidential Information”
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Regarding Use and Protection of Confidential Information
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Confidentiality and Pre-Employment Communications
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Provisions in Aid of Enforcement
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Capturing Intellectual Property Rights
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Special Rule for California and Certain Other States
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Cooperation in Rights Transfer
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Documents and Records
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Noncompetition and Nonsolicitation Provisions
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State with Limitations on Restrictive Covenants
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About Consideration
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Getting Employees to Sign
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Enforceability of Provisions
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Nature of the Employment
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Reasonable Scope and Duration
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Noncompetition Clause
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Automatic Extension of Restricted Period
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“Blue Pencil”
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Enforcement of Noncompetition Agreements by Employers
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Do Not Delay in Addressing a Breach
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Remedies Short of Litigation
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Preliminary Injunction
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Obtaining Assurance of the Absence of Conflicting Prior Agreements
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Chapter 4: IT Services—Development, Outsourcing, and Consulting
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Introduction
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In This Chapter
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IT Consulting Business Model
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Development Deals
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Why Outside Development?
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Scale of Development Deals and the Development Forms
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Development Can Be a Risky Business
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Need for Planning and Risk Management
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Process Overview
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Writing and Responding to RFPs
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Elements of an RFP—From the Customer’s Point of View
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Responding to RFPs—From the Developer’s Point of View
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Agreement
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Getting the First Draft on the Table
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Structure of a Development Agreement
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Development Planning
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What Is to Be Delivered to the Customer?
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Requirements for Providing the Deliverables
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Software and Data to Be Provided for Use in Development
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Oversight and Management
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Price and Costs
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Acceptance
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Postacceptance
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“Detailed Design”
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Dealing with Informal Specifications
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Project Management Provisions
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Personnel Assigned to Development
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Change Management Provisions
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Acceptance Procedures
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Payment Provisions
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Milestone-Based
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Time and Materials
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Combinations and Variations
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Right Schedule
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Intellectual Property—Ownership and/or License
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What Intellectual Property Is at Stake?
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Copyright in the Software
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Patentable Inventions
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Trade Secrets
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Goals in Negotiating Intellectual Property Clauses
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Common Means to Deal with Intellectual Property in Agreements
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Developer Owns/License Grant Clause
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Work-Made-for-Hire Clause/Patent Clause
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Foreground Intellectual Property and Background Intellectual Property Clause
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Other Variations
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Avoiding Jointly Owned Intellectual Property
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When the Web Developer Is Also Providing Web Hosting?
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Subcontractors
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Noncompetition Clauses
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Provisions on Confidential Information
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Training and Support
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Warranties
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Disclaimers and Limitations
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Date Processing (Y2K) Warranties
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Open Source Provisions
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Intellectual Property Warranties and Indemnities
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Insurance
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Clause on Customer Nonsolicitation of Developer Employees
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Termination
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Dispute Resolution
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Boilerplate Provisions
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About Offshoring
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Other Types of Consulting Businesses and IT Services
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Legal Issues in Development and Consulting Businesses
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Employment Issues
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Building a Brand
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Conclusion
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Chapter 5: How to Sell Your Intellectual Property Protection Program
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Introduction
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Questions to Ask and People to Approach
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What Is Your Business Differentiation from Your Competitors?
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Who Do You Have to Protect These Differentiators From?
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What Are the Probabilities in Terms of Likely Attackers, Targets, and Objectives?
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If the Competition Obtained or Tampered with Your Intellectual Property, What Harm Would Be Done?
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What Security Measures Would Be Cost-Effective and Business-Enabling?
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Notes on Figure 5.1
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Notes on Figure 5.2
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Executives and Board Members
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Research and Development
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Manufacturing
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Sales and Marketing
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Human Resources
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Operations
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Risk Identification
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Implications of IP loss
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Notes on Figure 5.3
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Implementation Plan
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Potential Inhibitors
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Identified Milestones
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Notes on Figure 5.4
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Notes on Figure 5.5
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Executive Commitment
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Business Value Statement
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Notes
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Chapter 6: Case Study: The Mysterious Social Engineering Attacks on Entity X
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Introduction
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Fundamentals of Social Engineering Attacks
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The Mysterious Social Engineering Attacks on Entity Y
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Guidance for the Workforce
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How to Recognize Elicitation
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How to Handle the Caller
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How to Report the Incident
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General User-Oriented Guidance on How to Detect and Defeat Social Engineering
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Chapter 7: When Insiders and/or Competitors Target a Business’s Intellectual Property
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Introduction
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Lightwave Microsystems
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America Online
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Casiano Communications
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Corning and PicVue
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Avery Dennison and Four Pillars
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Lexar Media and Toshiba
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SigmaTel and Citroen
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3dGEO – China
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Chapter 8: When Piracy, Counterfeiting, and Organized Crime Target a Business’s Intellectual Property
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Introduction
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Technology Counterfeiting
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The Apparel Industry
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The Entertainment Industry
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Chapter 9: Physical Security: The “Duh” Factor
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Introduction
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Chapter 10: Protecting Intellectual Property in a Crisis Situation
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Introduction
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Chapter 11: Top Ten Ways to Shut Down Hackers
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Introduction
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Go Undercover
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Shred Everything
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Get Decent Locks
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Put that Badge Away
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Check Your Surveillance Gear
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Shut Down Shoulder Surfers
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Block Tailgaters
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Clean Your Car
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Watch Your Back Online
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Beware of Social Engineers
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Appendix 1: Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement
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Introductory Note
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Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement
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Appendix 2: Evaluation Agreement (Pro-Recipient)
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Introductory Note
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Evaluation Agreement
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Appendix 3: Employee Agreement
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Introductory Note
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Employee Agreement
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Exhibit A
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Exhibit B
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Exhibit C
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Appendix 4: Software Development Agreement
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Introductory Note
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Software Development Agreement
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Schedule - Specifications
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Schedule - Milestone and Payment Schedule
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Appendix 5: Software Consulting Agreement (Favors Consultant)
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Introductory Note
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Software Consulting Agreement
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Schedule 1
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Schedule of Work
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Appendix 6: Software Consulting Agreement (Favors Customer)
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Introductory Note
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Software Consulting Agreement
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Appendix 7: Web Site Development Agreement
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Introductory Note
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Web Site Development Agreement
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Appendix 8: Web Hosting Agreement
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Introductory Note
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Web Site Hosting Agreement
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Schedule A
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Schedule B
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Schedule C
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Schedule D
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Appendix 9: U.S. Department of Justice Checklist for Reporting a Theft of Trade Secrets Offense
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United States Department of Justice
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Checklist for Reporting a Theft of Trade Secrets Offense
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Index
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