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PROTECTING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN SUPPLIER DRAWINGS AND SPECIFICATION SUBMISSIONS: “BLACK-BOXING”
Automotive OEMs are highly reluctant, or frequently flatly refuse, to accept drawings or other technical information from component suppliers if that information is marked or otherwise indicated as being confidential. This has led to instances of supplier proprietary information or designs being shared with other suppliers or blatantly
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Perfecting Security Interests in Intellectual Property Is Not a Perfect Process
By Robert J. Lenihan, II and Allen E. Pittoors In 1962, Michigan slightly revised, and then adopted, the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). The UCC governs commercial transactions. Article 9 of the UCC generally relates to secured transactions and governs the perfection of security interests in personal