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Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Motorola v. Hytera: Seventh Circuit Set to Hear Arguments on the Extraterritorial Reach of DTSA

On December 5, the Seventh Circuit in Motorola Solutions, Inc. v. Hytera Communications Corp. will hear high-stakes arguments concerning the application of the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) to trade secrets taken...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Federal Judge Confirms that Federal Trade Secret Statute Applies to Misappropriation that Occurs Overseas

Earlier this month, a Northern District of Illinois jury returned a verdict in favor of Motorola for over $700 million after a trial in which Motorola alleged that Hytera hired three engineers away from Motorola’s Malaysian...more

K&L Gates LLP

Misappropriators Beware: Motorola Court Embraces Extraterritorial Application of the Defend Trade Secrets Act

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On March 5, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered a final judgment on a jury verdict of approximately $764.6 million in a high profile trade secret misappropriation case — Motorola...more

Ladas & Parry LLP

Trade Secrets: Changes In The Law On Protection Of Trade Secrets In The United States And European Union

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Concerns about trade secret theft have been increasing in both the United States and Europe in recent years. Traditionally, American law disfavored trade secret protection vis à vis patenting on the basis that publication of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Compilation of Public Data Can be Trade Secret

A recent 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision confirmed that data derived from a compilation of publicly available information can constitute a protectable trade secret, particularly when a proprietary process is used to...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Will Trade Secrets Finally Get Federal Civil Protection?

On April 29, 2014, Senators Christopher Coons (D-Del.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), both members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced the Defend Trade Secrets Act (S. 2267), a proposed amendment to the Economic...more

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