Is Your Company's Knowledge Protected?

By Mike Switzer

Published August 10, 2017 at 5:45 AM EDT

When a company is just getting started, there are certain legal ducks that need to be in a row in order for that company to not only get off the ground but to survive. One of those is to make sure your proprietary knowledge and designs are protected.

Mike Switzer interviews Ben Klosowski, an attorney with Thrive IP in Greenville, SC.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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