Krevolin & Horst works with clients to protect their trade secrets and intellectual property. The firm's lawyers draft licensing agreements and trade secret/non-disclosure agreements.
The firm litigates, often on an emergency basis, trade secret, trademark, and copyright issues on behalf of both employers and employees. Our outstanding track record in this area includes:
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We are currently representing The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in litigation against a props rental outfit accused of unauthorized use of Oscar markings.
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Summary judgment affirmed on behalf of former employee accused of stealing trade secrets.
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Successful defense of former employees accused of misappropriating trade secrets involving innovative software technology used to start competitive business.
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We are currently litigating in Federal Court in Virginia the ownership of patents covering an innovative wireless technology.
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The firm frequently has been successful in obtaining preliminary injunctions against former employees and competitors as well as defending such claims.
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In a case that received media attention, Jeff Horst successfully obtained a temporary restraining order for Atlanta's largest radio station when a former executive left for a new competitor.
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Jeff Horst won a case of first impression in the Georgia Supreme Court on a trade secrets issue. Avnet, Inc. v. Wyle Labs., Inc., 263 Ga. 615, 437 S.E.2d 302 (1993) (establishing that the Georgia Trade Secrets Act does not prohibit employees from using what is in their head absent a written non-competition agreement).
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The successful resolution of a copyright and trademark infringement case in federal court in California defending a Georgia corporation.
