Posts in Trade Secrets
Making a Federal Case out of Trade Secrets
“The most important change was that DTSA allowed someone claiming their trade secret was being used improperly to go into a federal court,” explained Jacoby. “In most …
IP Strategy is a Tricky Balancing Act for Pharmaceuticals
The 20 years of protection afforded by a patent is intended to promote innovation by allowing inventors a chance to recoup development costs and derive a profit from …
Do You Know How to Protect What’s Yours?
In the wake of recent judicial and legislative developments, protecting “what’s yours” has become even more complex. Many businesses and intellectual property lawyers have appropriately favored …
View from the Courtroom: What to Expect When You Try to Get a TRO in Your Unfair Competition Case
Experience shows that most unfair competition or trade secret theft issues can be resolved without the need for litigation; often, an exchange of letters between the parties’ …
What Will Not Work to Protect Trade Secrets or Enforce Non-Competes in California
Employers should think twice before including the unenforceable provisions in employment contracts merely for their deterrent effect. Such a practice is risky. If an employer terminates an …
Was America’s Industrial Revolution Based on Trade Secret Theft?
Is it reasonable to say that the U.S. got an unfair head start on the Industrial Revolution by stealing secrets from Britain? I don't think so. …
Critical Importance of Realistically Identifying and Protecting Trade Secrets and Confidential Information
California employers often face an upward battle when it comes to protecting against competitive activity by former employees... In order to safeguard their trade secrets, companies doing …
The Extraterritorial Reach of U.S. Trade Secret Law
The current extraterritorial reach of U.S. trade secret law may seem ironic given trade secret law’s “local” roots. In the United States, common law trade …
Senate judiciary committee holds nomination hearing for Vishal J. Amin to serve as IPEC
At the top of Amin’s prepared remarks delivered to the Senate judiciary committee, he noted the fact that the importance of protecting IP was made explicit …
America’s largest tech firms acknowledge plenty of issues with the current U.S. patent system
Typically, the reform debate over the U.S. patent system features smaller players, but America’s largest tech firms also have issues with the patent system, which …
Alphabet’s Waymo files patent and trade secret lawsuit against Uber
Waymo’s suit includes counts of infringement for each of the four patents asserted in the case. The suit also includes counts for violations of the Defend …
Intellectual Property Rights in UK Law
There are several different forms of intellectual property rights available in the United Kingdom, each with its own formality, level of protection, and duration period. It is …
Revisiting the Standard NDA After ZeniMax v. Oculus
ZeniMax offers useful insights for enterprises seeking to maximize the benefits of NDAs while minimizing the time and effort needed to negotiate them... Most technology enterprises are …
Texas jury awards $500 million in copyright and trade secret case against Facebook’s Oculus VR
On Wednesday, February 1st, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (N.D. Tex.) entered a case verdict which orders …
Retractable roof construction at Arthur Ashe Stadium is subject of patent infringement, trade secret suit
On Wednesday, January 11th, retractable roof system developer Uni-Systems LLC of Minneapolis, MN, filed a patent infringement suit against multiple defendants, including the United States Tennis Association (…
