Legal Question in Intellectual Property in California

Re: proprietary information and a proposed affiliation

Whether or not business affiliates share in proprietary information is a contractual matter, not something that is governed by statute.

You have not provided enough detail for an attorney to be able to advise you.

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Re: proprietary information and a proposed affiliation

The questions you are asking sound more like conract or business formation questions. Give me some specifics and I will try to answer your question for you. I just don't want to give you a contract or corporate answer if your question really is intellectual property related.

Re: proprietary information and a proposed affiliation

Before you share any proprrietary ifo. with anyone make them sign a non-disclosure. Business affiliation is very different from regular partnership or merger. In affilation both organizations remain independent entity.