Patent, trademark, and copyright most immediately come to mind when the topics of protection of intellectual property (IP) and proprietary business information are raised. However, alternative protection schemes are available which if properly utilized can be as, if not more, important to many business owners and which indeed may be turned to for protection even when more traditional methods of IP protection are not available or appropriate.

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Lexington office attorney Charlotte McCoy drafted the Kentucky chapter for Public Private Partnership Legislation for Practical Law

A Q&A guide to Kentucky public private partnership (P3 or PPP) legislation. This Q&A discusses key provisions of P3 legislation, including bid submission, review and approval procedures, and the project delivery structures that may be used. This Q&A also discusses the rights and obligations of the government entity and the...

Attorneys Brian Pollock, Chrisandrea Turner, and Corey Dunn authored this Practice Note summarizing selected rules of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Kentucky.

Click here to view this Practice Note summarizing selected rules of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Kentucky. The note was authored by Stites & Harbison bankruptcy attorneys Brian Pollock, Chrisandrea Turner, and Corey Dunn. Published by Thomson Reuters © 2023.

Incentives are powerful tools for driving behavior. On this topic, billionaire businessman Charlie Munger famously advised to “[n]ever, ever, think about something else when you should be thinking about the power of incentives.” Because the pathway from patent application to granted patent depends heavily on the actions and judgments of the examiner assigned to the application, a patent applicant is well advised to consider the examiner’s perspective and the incentives imposed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office through the examiner production system, also referred to as the count system.

Incentives are powerful tools for driving behavior. On this topic, billionaire businessman Charlie Munger famously advised to “[n]ever, ever, think about something else when you should be thinking about the power of incentives.” Because the pathway from patent application to granted patent depends heavily on the actions and judgments of...

Kentucky Bar Association Bench & Bar article by Louisville office attorney Sarah Spurlock discussing cyber defenses and security breach reporting.

“Shields Up” is the name given to the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency’s latest educational campaign to encourage businesses across the United States to harden their cyber defenses and better prepare to respond when attacks occur. While security breach reporting obligations have existed under a variety of state and...
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