Misappropriation, Economic Espionage Act

MBHB Snippets: Review of Developments in Intellectual Property Law - Spring 2013 - Volume 11, Issue 2: Obama Administration...

by Joshua Rich | McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 5/16/2013

Since President Obama entered the White House in 2009, his administration has undertaken a number of steps toward stricter policing of international trade secret misappropriation. Those efforts reached a turning point early...more

Obama Administration Reports on Efforts to Prevent Trade Secret Misappropriation

by Kevin E. Noonan | McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 2/26/2013

The Obama Administration issued a Report earlier this month, entitled "Administration Strategy on Mitigating the Theft of U.S. Trade Secrets," that sets forth its efforts to prevent trade secret misappropriation. The Report...more

IP Alert: White House Launches Effort to Curb Trade Secret Misappropriation

by Michael Spillner, Sonia Elizabeth Valdez | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/22/2013

On February 20, 2013, the White House issued a report outlining a new plan to combat trade secret theft from U.S. businesses. Faced with the escalating theft of U.S. trade secrets and noting “the crucial role of trade...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

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

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

Trade Secret Legislation May Increase Infringement Claims and Lead to a Private Right of Action

by Robert Parr, Armand Zottola | Venable LLP on 1/18/2013

Congress recently took new steps to protect trade secrets, which are generally defined as all forms or types of financial, business, scientific, technical, economic, or engineering information that the owner has taken...more

Congress Acts To Strengthen Federal Trade Secret Protection

by Thomas Dye | Carlton Fields on 1/16/2013

On December 28, 2012, President Obama signed into law the Theft of Trade Secrets Clarification Act of 2012, (the TTSCA), S. 3642, which broadens the scope of the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (18 U.S.C. Sections 1831-39)....more

New Federal Statute Strengthens Trade Secret Protection

by Carla Oakley | Morgan Lewis on 1/10/2013

Trade secret protection expanded to include products or services "used in or intended for use in interstate or foreign commerce." On December 28, 2012, President Barack Obama signed into law the Theft of Trade Secrets...more

President Obama Signs into Law the Theft of Trade Secrets Clarification Act

by Mike Delikat | Orrick - Global Employment Law Group on 1/4/2013

On December 28, 2012, President Obama signed into law the Theft of Trade Secrets Clarification Act. The Act amends the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (EEA) and expands the jurisdiction of federal courts over cases concerning...more

"Recent Amendment to the Economic Espionage Act Extends Protection Against Misappropriation"

by Stacey Cohen, Daniel DeVito, James Elacqua, Edward Filardi, Douglas Nemec, P. Anthony Sammi, Andrew Thomases | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/4/2013

On December 28, 2012, President Obama enacted the Theft of Trade Secrets Clarification Act of 2012. The Act clarifies the scope of Section 1832 of the Economic Espionage Act and attempts to reverse the Second Circuit’s recent...more

Are Your Trade Secrets at Risk? -- Queue the Economic Espionage Act

by Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 8/30/2012

Your company terminates the employment of a highly skilled computer programmer who then attempts to sell the source code for your proprietary training software to a foreign entity. What would your company do?...more

Second Circuit Reverses Economic Espionage Conviction, Then Steps Back

by Fisher & Phillips LLP on 3/1/2012

This blog has previously covered the arrest, prosecution and trial of Sergey Aleynikov, the former employee and computer programmer of the Goldman Sachs Group accused and convicted of misappropriating computer source code...more

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