HOUSTON - While most efforts today are focused on defending the network perimeter and endpoint machines, worms and malicious attackers can easily bypass firewalls and exploit vulnerabilities to disrupt networks from within. Once inside perimeter defenses, intruders can conceal their presence, compromise confidential data stores, and remotely control machines for malicious purposes. These internal attacks
ANN ARBOR - A new study by the University of Michigan suggests that the competitive nature of research fosters an environment where scientific misbehavior takes place far more often than the misconduct that makes headline news. And because scientific misbehavior involves more mundane decisions and actions, it may be easier for researchers to look the
DETROIT - Their mission is to promote a safe and legal digital world. The Business Software Alliance is the self-proclaimed voice of the world's commercial software industry and its hardware partners are here here to again warn us about the penalties for software piracy. Not the guys with the eye patches and the peg legs,
LANSING - Michigan is facing dramatic challenges in our economy. Small business owners have a huge role to play in addressing these challenges and leading our state back to prosperity. When it comes to tax policy, we can't remain in our comfort zone any longer. Michigan is primed for fundamental tax reform. The Small Business
ANN ARBOR - Under Michigan's Single Business Tax (SBT), non-Michigan corporations are often able to use the SBT to achieve state tax benefits that cannot be obtained by Michigan corporations. These benefits are obtained through a subsidiary set-up to manage the company's intangibles, and especially intellectual properties such as trademarks, patents and copyrights, which are
TRAVERSE CITY - There are a few general rules of thumb to keep in mind when choosing a new mark. The mark should be short and distinctive, generally three syllables or less. The new mark should be easy to spell, pronounce and remember. The mark should not carry any negative connotations, either toward the new
DETROIT - Trade secret law may help to protect a business from the raiding of its customers by means of information theft. Yet, many people think only of the example, ?Coca Cola Formula,? when they hear of ?trade secrets.? In fact, though, trade secrets encompass far more than formulas and can include customer lists, customer
DETROIT ? A useful means of protecting your business from customer raiding or trade secret violations is a non-competition or non-solicitation agreement. These agreements bar employment at a competitor (non-compete) or at least bar solicitation or work for a set of customers (non-solicit). Non-competes: Generally, to be enforced in court, a non-competition agreement must be
DETROIT - Trade secret law protects a business from theft of a wide variety of confidential information. It also may protect a business from the raiding of its customers by means of such information theft. Yet, many people think only of the example, ?Coca Cola Formula,? when they hear of ?trade secrets.? In fact, trade
ANN ARBOR - The holiday shopping season is winding down this week. But you know Santa has a broadband connection at the North Pole (how else do you think Comcast gets away with always being so naughty?) so he?ll be shopping online right up to the last minute. And I bet he won?t be alone.