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Global Connection - May 2013: Counterfeit Electronic Components in the Supply Chain—Avoiding and Coping with U.S. Customs...

by Richard Katz | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 5/6/2013

On May 21, 2012, the Senate Armed Services Committee issued a report of its inquiry into counterfeit parts in the Department of Defense Supply Chain. The Committee’s report stated that the problem of counterfeit electronic...more

The Real Lesson of Chinese Cyberhacking

by Michael Spillner | Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 5/1/2013

There’s been a lot of news lately about the Chinese military allegedly launching cyber attacks to steal U.S. trade secrets. This has gotten people riled up, including the President of the United States, who issued a 5-point...more

Spring 2013 Eye on China Newsletter

by Mark Aiello, Andrew S. Baluch, Stephen Bent, James Ewing, Richard Florsheim, Robert Iseman, Robert Lee, Zhu Julie Lee, Song Lin, Chao Meng, Steven Rizzi, Selig Sacks, David W. Simon | Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/30/2013

Legal News: Eye on China Quarterly Newsletter offers companies helpful insight as they successfully navigate China’s complex and ever-changing legal and regulatory environment. In this issue, we focus on the following...more

Latest U.S. Efforts to Prosecute Trade Secret Theft Hit a Few Snags

by Jeff Ifrah on 4/24/2013

Earlier this year, the Department of Justice announced an initiative to step up its enforcement of trade secret theft. In a February 20 press conference, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Obama administration...more

Anti-counterfeiting strategies in the United States

by Lynda Zadra-Symes | Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP on 4/19/2013

Counterfeiting is a critical problem for trademark and copyright owners (‘IP owners’) affecting all industries, from pharmaceuticals and medical devices to electrical and auto products, toys and fashion items. To effectively...more

New Laws Increase Criminal Liability For Disclosure Of Trade Secrets: Are You Protected?

by Sarah Hopkins, Heidi Sachs | Perkins Coie on 4/17/2013

Two new criminal laws underscore the value of trade secrets as a critical asset to a corporation. These new laws, the Trade Secrets Clarification Act (TSCA) and the Foreign and Economic Espionage Penalty Enhancement Act...more

Distribution in China – Legal Issues Part IV. Drafting the Distribution Contract

by John Huang, Kevin Qian, Frank Schoneveld | McDermott Will & Emery on 3/21/2013

“Distribution in China – Legal Issues” is a four-part series. Part I discussed the business models and legal structures most commonly used for distribution in China. Part II looked at important issues to consider in the...more

Administration Announces Strategy for Protecting U.S. Trade Secrets

by Jason Britt | Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/18/2013

Theft of trade secrets by persons acting on behalf of foreign governments and corporations is a major problem for U.S. manufacturers, including manufacturers in the automotive industries. Spurred by several high-profile...more

U.S. Responding To Cyber-Espionage: White House Acknowledges Increasing Threat

by Odia Kagan, Sharon Klein, Jeffrey Vagle | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 3/15/2013

No longer cut from the cloth of 007’s expensive suits, fast cars or well-mixed drinks, present-day espionage is carried out, to a great extent, through computer screens, proxy servers and spoofed e-mail addresses. Dubbed...more

Focus On Intellectual Property (IP) - March 2012: Counterfeiter’s Beware – Canada Introduces New Law To Deal With Counterfeit And...

by Robert D. McDonald | Dentons on 3/13/2013

In This Issue: - Counterfeiter’s Beware – Canada Introduces New Law to Deal with Counterfeit and Pirated Products - A “Sign” of Things to Come – How Bill C-56 Will Change Canadian Trade-Mark Law - Excerpt...more

Canada Combats Counterfeiting with Bill C-56 (Copyright Act and the Trade-marks Act)

by Jeilah Chan, Jesse Goldman | Bennett Jones LLP on 3/11/2013

On March 1, 2013, the Government of Canada introduced Bill C-56 in the House of Commons (The Combating Counterfeit Products Act). Bill C-56 introduces a series of amendments to the Copyright Act and the Trade-marks Act,...more

Proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Bill Includes Wide Sweeping Changes to the Trade-marks Act

by Barry Fong, Donna White | Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 3/6/2013

On March 1, 2013, the Canadian Government introduced Bill C-56, Combating Counterfeit Products Act. This Bill, which is being promoted by the Government as a means of reducing the presence of, and trade in, counterfeit goods...more

New Zealand Court Hands U.S. a Victory in Kim Dotcom Piracy Case

by Jeff Ifrah on 3/4/2013

A year ago, we wrote about the indictment in the Eastern District of Virginia of the executives and founders of Megaupload, one of the leading file-hosting sites on the Web. The charges were copyright infringement through the...more

Obama Administration Trade Secret Report Raises Important IP, Business, and Securities Issues

by Matthew P. Allen, Kathleen Koppenhoefer, Michael Simoni | Miller Canfield on 2/28/2013

The Obama Administration’s recent “Strategy on Mitigating the Theft of U.S. Trade Secrets” makes clear the importance for businesses to be aware of and understand the international threats to their intellectual property, the...more

White House Announces the Administration Strategy on Mitigating the Theft of U.S. Trade Secrets

by Jessica Childress, Daniel Westman | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 2/25/2013

On February 20, 2013, the White House released the Administration Strategy on Mitigating the Theft of U.S. Trade Secrets (the “Strategy”), which “recognizes the crucial role of trade secrets in the U.S. economy and sets out a...more

APT Threat Report Shows Cybersecurity Risks Not Limited to Identity Theft

by Craig Hoffman | BakerHostetler on 2/22/2013

We often talk to companies who believe they are an unlikely target for hackers because they do not have financial account information, Social Security numbers, or medical information. However, personal information is not the...more

The Rising Threat Of Trade Secrets Theft

by Michael Volkov on 2/20/2013

One of the drawbacks of a global economy is the rise in trade secret theft. In the absence of a seamless global enforcement infrastructure foreign actors have had little fear of being caught and suffering any consequences. ...more

Domain Name Seizure – It’s Not Just a U.S. Law Enforcement Tactic

by Jeff Ifrah on 2/13/2013

We have previously reported in this space about the use of domain name seizures by American law enforcement. Recent media reports show that domain name seizure has become the go-to tactic for law enforcement for other...more

Congress Raises the Stakes for Theft of Trade Secrets with Passage of Two New Laws

by Ranah Esmaili, Kenneth Taber | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 2/12/2013

The old adage that crime does not pay rings particularly true in the aftermath of two pieces of recent legislation aimed at raising the penalties for trade secret theft: the Theft of Trade Secrets Clarification Act and the...more

New U.S. Laws Criminalize Theft of Quantitative Trading and Investment Models and Other Trade Secrets and Dramatically Increase...

by Diane Siegel Danoff, Edward Pittman, Kevin Scanlan | Dechert LLP on 2/6/2013

Introduction - The U.S. Congress recently passed two laws that raise the stakes dramatically for employees of financial services firms and anyone else who misappropriates trade secrets, including source code and other...more

Theft of Trade Secrets Clarification Act of 2012: A Powerful New Weapon for Businesses

by Robert A. Bleicher | Carr, McClellan, Ingersoll, Thompson & Horn -... on 2/5/2013

On December 28, 2012, the President signed the Theft of Trade Secrets Clarification Act of 2012, which significantly expands trade secret protection by extending criminal penalties to the theft of a wider class of trade...more

Expansion Of The Economic Espionage Act Broadens Protection For Trade Secrets

by Gillian Watson Egan, KristinTaylor Parsons | Burr & Forman on 1/30/2013

In the summer of 2009, in an office at Goldman Sachs, in the waning hours of his last day of employment, a computer programmer named Sergey Aleynikov encrypted more than 500,000 lines of source code from Goldman’s proprietary...more

Cloud Computing Law: Balancing Privacy and Investigation

by Field Law on 1/24/2013

Megaupload Ltd. is alleged to have disseminated copyright protected movies and music and US prosecutors now have the task of gaining access to the company’s servers in a bid to prove their case....more

Amendments to the Economic Espionage Act Broaden Trade Secret Protection

by Meredith Louis, Daren M. Orzechowski | White & Case LLP on 1/21/2013

Protecting and enforcing trade secrets in the United States has historically been challenging. Recent amendments to the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (the "EEA"), which criminalizes theft of trade secrets, broaden the scope...more

Federal Economic Espionage Act Overview [Video]

by Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC on 1/11/2013

Womble Carlyle business litigation attorney Press Millen briefly discusses what companies need to know about the federal Economic Espionage Act, and the Theft of Trade Secrets Clarification Act signed into law January 1,...more

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Global Connection - May 2013: Counterfeit Electronic Components in the Supply Chain—Avoiding and Coping with U.S. Customs...

The Real Lesson of Chinese Cyberhacking

Spring 2013 Eye on China Newsletter

Latest U.S. Efforts to Prosecute Trade Secret Theft Hit a Few Snags

Anti-counterfeiting strategies in the United States

New Laws Increase Criminal Liability For Disclosure Of Trade Secrets: Are You Protected?

Distribution in China – Legal Issues Part IV. Drafting the Distribution Contract

Administration Announces Strategy for Protecting U.S. Trade Secrets

U.S. Responding To Cyber-Espionage: White House Acknowledges Increasing Threat

Focus On Intellectual Property (IP) - March 2012: Counterfeiter’s Beware – Canada Introduces New Law To Deal With Counterfeit And...

Canada Combats Counterfeiting with Bill C-56 (Copyright Act and the Trade-marks Act)

Proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Bill Includes Wide Sweeping Changes to the Trade-marks Act

New Zealand Court Hands U.S. a Victory in Kim Dotcom Piracy Case

Obama Administration Trade Secret Report Raises Important IP, Business, and Securities Issues

White House Announces the Administration Strategy on Mitigating the Theft of U.S. Trade Secrets

APT Threat Report Shows Cybersecurity Risks Not Limited to Identity Theft

The Rising Threat Of Trade Secrets Theft

Domain Name Seizure – It’s Not Just a U.S. Law Enforcement Tactic

Congress Raises the Stakes for Theft of Trade Secrets with Passage of Two New Laws

New U.S. Laws Criminalize Theft of Quantitative Trading and Investment Models and Other Trade Secrets and Dramatically Increase...

Theft of Trade Secrets Clarification Act of 2012: A Powerful New Weapon for Businesses

Expansion Of The Economic Espionage Act Broadens Protection For Trade Secrets

Cloud Computing Law: Balancing Privacy and Investigation

Amendments to the Economic Espionage Act Broaden Trade Secret Protection

Federal Economic Espionage Act Overview [Video]

Federal Economic Espionage Act Overview [Video]

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