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The FBI on Economic Espionage

Economic espionage sounds more like the stuff of a spy thriller than a day-to-day concern for business. Not so, as it turns out. To learn more we sat down with the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division Unit Chief Matthew Charles...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

The Five Eyes Stare Down Trade Secret Theft

On Sunday evening, CBS's 60 Minutes aired a segment featuring “The Five Eyes” and the critical issue of state-sponsored intellectual property ("IP") and trade secret theft. While geopolitics and national security issues might...more

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Tensions Rise Between China and the United States: Intellectual Property Prosecutions Just the Tip of the Iceberg

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Amid escalating tensions between the United States and China over the last few years, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has formally prioritized criminal prosecutions of Chinese nationals and companies, and...more

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Queen Anne’s Revenge, Indeed!: Copyright Conundrums, Sovereign States, and IP Piracy

We live in a time of contradictions and confusion, and today we aim to explore how some such tensions have manifested themselves in the area of intellectual property law. On the one hand, we have a national and...more

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FBI and CISA Issue Joint Warning to Academic Institutions and Research Organizations About Targeting of COVID-19 Research

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On May 13, 2020, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a joint Public Service Announcement (PSA) about a threat to...more

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The DOJ’s China Initiative—Protecting Your Assets

As anticipated in May, rising trade tensions between the U.S. and China have led to a series of escalating measures including tariffs and trade investigations. In July 2019 testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, FBI...more

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DOJ Launches China-Focused Criminal Enforcement Initiative

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The new "China Initiative" is intended to respond to perceived U.S. national security threats from China. The U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") has announced a new criminal enforcement initiative that targets China, with...more

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DOJ Announces ‘China Initiative’ to Investigate and Prosecute Chinese Companies

On November 1, 2018, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) “China Initiative” with the objective of countering perceived national security threats to the United States from...more

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Recent Criminal Prosecutions for Trade Secret Theft

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Theft of trade secrets typically spurs civil actions against the offender, but theft of trade secrets can also be prosecuted criminally under the Economic Espionage Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1831 et seq. (the “Act”) and other related...more

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New York v. Aleynikov: New York State’s Penal Code (Like Federal Criminal Law) Does Not Cover Electronic Reproduction of Source...

In 2009, Sergey Aleynikov was a computer programmer employed by Goldman Sachs to write high-frequency trading code. He accepted an offer to join a new Chicago-based company, Teza Technologies. Before he left Goldman Sachs,...more

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Another Aleynikov Trade Secrets Case Ends with Narrower Statute

In 2009, Sergey Aleynikov was a computer programmer employed by Goldman Sachs to write high-frequency trading code. He accepted an offer to join a new Chicago-based company, Teza Technologies. Before he left Goldman Sachs,...more

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