Posts in Trade Secrets
When the Secret Enables the Brand: The Long-Lasting Listerine License
Question: how do you make money from a secret formula for a product that smells and tastes horrible and that no one wants? Answer: you make everyone …
FDA Resists FOIA Request for Vaccine Approval Info as Biden Administration Offers to Share it with the World
From the “one hand doesn’t know what the other hand is doing” category, believe it or not, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is effectively refusing …
Acquisition Contamination: The Mythology of the ‘Clean Team’
Have you ever shopped for something dangerous? Back in the 1950s, my mother wanted to buy a pressure cooker to make dinner faster (and use cheaper cuts …
Noncompete Agreements: Finding the Balance Between Reasonable Restraints and Free Range Talent
You may remember 2014 as the year when we all discovered a plague of noncompete agreements threatening our economy. No? Let me help you. In June that year, …
The Houston Astros Stole Bases and Signs—But Did They Also Steal Trade Secrets?
The category of “trade secrets” is broad and encompasses information that people may not ordinarily associate with the term. Easy, iconic examples of trade secrets include the …
CAFC Dismisses LG’s Interlocutory Appeal as Untimely
On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), with Judge Hughes writing for the court, dismissed defendant-appellant LG Electronics Inc. and LG …
Carefully Connecting the Dots: Consider All the Evidence Before Launching a Trade Secret Misappropriation Attack
The job of the trial lawyer starts with figuring out what happened and collecting evidence to use in telling a compelling story to a judge or jury. …
Federal Circuit Nixes Appeal on Claims of Unfair Treatment by California Court in Pro Se Lawsuit Over Restrictions to Cancer Research
On July 20, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a non-precedential decision in Siegler v. Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. in which the appellate …
ITC and Trade Secret Cases Against Apple Over Pulse Oximetry Tech Highlight Need for Better Ways to Rein in Big Tech
In late June, medical technology firm Masimo Corporation and its consumer device subsidiary Cercacor Laboratories filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) asking …
A Third Option: Limited IP Waiver Could Solve Our Pandemic Vaccine Problems
In the early days of the vaccination efforts, Americans were anxiously online trying to register for a COVID-19 vaccination appointment. Reports of success at 1:30 am and 2:30 am …
International Academics Push for TRIPS COVID IP Waiver Hold-Outs to Drop Opposition
One-hundred-twenty-four professors and academics from around the world have penned an open letter supporting India and South Africa’s proposed waiver of certain provisions of the Agreement …
How Organizations Must Protect Themselves from Ransomware Attacks
When one thinks of cybercrime, it can be easy to imagine a mysterious figure in a dimly lit room sending out various phishing emails to unsuspecting victims. …
‘Decoupling’ with China is Not the Answer
We’ve all seen him when driving by the strip mall. Trying to focus on the traffic, our eyes are diverted by “Tube Man,” a 10-foot tall …
SCOTUS Says Former Police Sergeant Did Not Violate CFAA, Snubbing Government’s Reading
The United States Supreme Court today ruled that a former police sergeant did not flout Section (a)(2) of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) because that …
The Big Secret Behind the Proposed TRIPS Waiver
All the fuss surrounding the proposal by India and South Africa to suspend the TRIPS Agreement to help them produce vaccines to fight COVID-19 has obscured some …
