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Protecting Offshore Production Innovations

March 4, 2020  | Ed Schlatter

Attorney Ed Schlatter authored “Protecting Offshore Production Innovations,” which was published in Offshore Engineer.

Excerpt: Congratulations! You’ve just redesigned the subsea isolation valve control system (SSIV) that your company sells for use as part of an emergency shutdown system for an offshore production site. Your sales team is eager to show your SSIV to oil production companies, but you are concerned that the oil production companies may disclose the details of your SSIV to lower-cost competitors.

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Protecting offshore production innovations from Knobbe Martens – Intellectual Property Law
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Ed Schlatter
Partner
Orange County
ed.schlatter@knobbe.com
949-760-0404

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