Posts in Trade Secrets
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 …
Uber settles trade secret case with Waymo for $245 million
Earlier today Alphabet subsidiary Waymo settled with Uber in the midst of a trade secret infringement trial. This lawsuit originated when Waymo brought suit against Uber in 2017, …
The Legal Reality of Social Media IP: Who Owns What?
Today, as social media becomes more essential for businesses, there will almost certainly be an increase in intellectual property disputes about social media account ownership. Lawsuits relating …
Searching for the Secrets of a Stradivarius
When the auctioneer’s hammer went down, the violin sold for almost $16 million. It was one of the masterpieces of Cremona, the small northern Italian town that …
What is a Confidentiality Agreement and Why are they So Important?
A Confidentiality Agreement, which is also known as non-disclosure agreement or simply as an NDA, is simply a contract between two or more parties where the subject …
