By Derek Ronde and Danielle DiPardo ( May 31, 2022, 8:40 AM EDT) -- The issue of post-term non-competition injunctions is always a hot topic for retail licensors and franchisors. The protection of a brand’s intellectual property and confidential methods is key to the preservation of retail licensing and franchising business practices. Without post-term covenants that prevent licensees or franchisees from acquiring the knowledge of how to run a business and then leaving to do it for themselves, licensors and franchisors may not have an effective way to protect their businesses from being duplicated by their former partners....