Posts in Trade Secrets
How Intellectual Property Informs the Investment in a Private Equity Transaction
Technology and intellectual property (IP) have become vital components to virtually every business in all industries as they often drive the value and efficiencies of a business …
The Blades Just Keep Spinning
Sinovel encouraged him to leave AMSC, promising to pay him a million dollars over five years (along with an apartment, and, reportedly, a prostitute). His advance was …
Reports Shows Significant Increase in Trade Secret Litigation Since Passage of DTSA
The Lex Machina report supports the notion that trade secret litigation has ramped up in U.S. district courts in the time since the passage of the …
Trade Secrets: Contempt proceedings put miscreant in jail for failure to provide information about misappropriation
Generally, a breach of confidence under English law does not give rise to criminal liability (and the recently implemented Trade Secrets Directive only addresses civil remedies for …
How to Change Jobs and Embrace Inefficiency
How can we provide trade secret protection in fast-growing industries where employees often leave to work for the competition? How does someone take his or her accumulated …
The Biggest Trade Secret Loophole You’ve Never Heard Of
What would you think if I told you that anyone from France or China or Brazil that was just thinking about some legal action in their country …
How is intellectual property valued when selling a business?
Intellectual property (IP) often represents one of the largest asset classes that a company holds, and unlocking its value is a key element in any business sale. …
Protecting Trade Secrets in Europe – An Update
With the June 9 deadline for national implementation fast approaching, we surveyed colleagues in our other European offices to check the state of play in their jurisdiction. The …
How Employers Can Better Protect Trade Secrets
Today, the biggest reason to have a strict regime in place to protect trade secrets, according to Gambhir, is because technology has made misappropriation of trade secrets …
Match Group Sues Bumble Over Patents, Alleges Former Tinder Employees Misappropriated Trade Secrets
Dallas, TX-based online dating app developer Match Group filed a suit in the Western District of Texas alleging claims of utility and design patent infringement, trademark infringement, …
Fishing for Trade Secrets
Modern discovery can be quite disruptive and expensive. Recognizing that there is a particular danger of abuse in trade secret cases, where defendants are often individuals or …
Intellectual Property Plays a Big Role in Silicon Valley Deals
How big of a role does IP play in Silicon Valley deals? “In almost any size transaction involving a technology company, our client asks us to look …
Waymo v. Uber Shows Even Epic Battles Can Be Resolved
There are many lessons to be drawn from the Waymo v. Uber litigation. This is perhaps the most important. Lawsuits are about history, while business is about …
Some Lessons From the Waymo (Alphabet) Versus Uber Theft of Trade Secret Litigation
Although the amount of the settlement was far less than $2.7 billion in amount sought by Waymo, the settlement apparently did include a payment from Uber of 0.34% of …
Why the IP system works against the small
The decision whether to secure technology using a trade secret or a patent hinges as much on the technology as it does on access to capital. Small …
