Misappropriation, Uniform Trade Secrets Acts

BREAKING NEWS: Don’t Mess with Texas Trade Secrets: Lone Star State Becomes 48th State to Adopt Uniform Trade Secrets Act

by Scott Lindlaw, Michael Spillner | Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 5/3/2013

In the battle to harmonize trade secret law, Texas was the Alamo—the biggest state to hold out against the rising tide of states adopting the Uniform Trade Secrets Act. But the Lone Star State is an outlier no more. Today...more

Decisions Highlight Split In Application Of Computer Fraud And Abuse Act

by Thomas Dye | Carlton Fields on 4/25/2013

Trade secret claims have historically derived from state common law causes of action and, subsequently, most states’ adoption of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, which codifies that common law and generally proscribes the...more

Another California Court Awards Attorneys' Fees in Bad-Faith Trade Secret and Patent Inventorship Lawsuit

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 2/26/2013

Earlier this month, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California awarded more than $11 million in attorneys' fees and costs to three trade secret defendants, finding that plaintiffs who had raised a claim...more

Ohio's Standard for Malicious Litigation Sounds Familiar

by Kenneth Vanko | Clingen Callow & McLean, LLC on 9/27/2012

I rely entirely on John Marsh of Hahn Loeser to provide details on one of the year's most important competition cases, American Chemical Society v. Leadscope. For this post, the holding is relevant in that it establishes - at...more

Safeguarding your business' trade secrets

by Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 8/7/2012

Originally published in The Enterprise - Utah’s Business Journal - July 16-22, 2012 - Volume 41, Number 48. One of the consequences of being in a state that has an extremely well educated population combined with a...more

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BREAKING NEWS: Don’t Mess with Texas Trade Secrets: Lone Star State Becomes 48th State to Adopt Uniform Trade Secrets Act

Decisions Highlight Split In Application Of Computer Fraud And Abuse Act

Another California Court Awards Attorneys' Fees in Bad-Faith Trade Secret and Patent Inventorship Lawsuit

Ohio's Standard for Malicious Litigation Sounds Familiar

Safeguarding your business' trade secrets

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