California Court of Appeal Clarifies What Constitutes "Use" of a Trade Secret

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Contact

Silvaco Data Systems v. Intel Corp., 184 Cal.App.4th 210 (April 29, 2010)

In a recent case, Silvaco Data Systems v. Intel Corp., 184 Cal.App.4th 210 (April 29, 2010), the California Court of Appeal clarified what constitutes use of a trade secret in the software context. At issue in Silvaco was whether defendant, Intel, was liable for trade secret misappropriation based on its use of software it had purchased from a third party, that was derived from plaintiff's trade secret source code, which in turn, had been misappropriated by a third party.

Please see full publication below for more information.

LOADING PDF: If there are any problems, click here to download the file.

DISCLAIMER: Because of the generality of this update, the information provided herein may not be applicable in all situations and should not be acted upon without specific legal advice based on particular situations.

© Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP | Attorney Advertising

Written by:

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Contact
more
less

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on:

Reporters on Deadline

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
Custom Email Digest
- hide
- hide