Trade Secrets, Misappropriation

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

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

by Joshua Bosman, Nicole Grimm, Gregory Huffman, Emily Miao, Joshua Rich, Cole Richter, Donald Zuhn | McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 5/13/2013

In This Issue: Comments on New AIA Rules; Implementing the New Micro Entity Status at the U.S. Patent Office; Obama Administration Focuses on Chinese Trade Secret Misappropriation; and Tiffany & Co. v. Costco Wholesale...more

Mother’s Day Post: Mother And Son Accused Of Trade Secret Theft

by Michael Spillner | Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 5/13/2013

In honor of Mother’s Day, we note a case in which mother and son were both accused of misappropriating trade secrets....more

New Trade Secret Legislation in France? Mais oui bien sûr!

by Joy Araman, Frederic Lalance, Marine Lallemond | Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 5/3/2013

If your trade secrets get stolen in France, what protections would you have? Most U.S. trade secret lawyers don’t have occasion to consider trade secret laws outside the United States, but there’s a whole world beyond the...more

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

The Real Lesson of Chinese Cyberhacking

by Michael Spillner | Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 5/1/2013

There’s been a lot of news lately about the Chinese military allegedly launching cyber attacks to steal U.S. trade secrets. This has gotten people riled up, including the President of the United States, who issued a 5-point...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

Live Events Agency Sues Former Employees And Independent Contractor For Breach Of Non-Solicitation Agreements

by John Paul Nefflen | Burr & Forman on 3/27/2013

On March 18, 2013, TBA Global, LLC, a live events market and communications agency, sued LEO Events, LLC and several of its owners for breach of non-solicitation agreements and misappropriation of TBA’s trade secrets and...more

Obama Administration Solicits Public Help in Preventing Foreign Trade Secret Theft

by Joshua Rich | McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 3/22/2013

On Tuesday, the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, Victoria Espinel, published a notice in the Federal Register "requesting any recommendations for legislative changes that would enhance enforcement against,...more

Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of International Trade Secret Dispute

by Jason Britt | Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/21/2013

Even as the Obama administration is announcing an effort to crack down on international trade secret theft, the Fifth Circuit has released a ruling reminding companies just how difficult it can be to go to court on their own...more

Business Law Newsletter - March 2013

by James V. Irving | Bean, Kinney & Korman, PC on 3/18/2013

In This Issue: - Business Torts in Virginia - Virginia Non-Competition Law After Home Paramount - 2013 Mileage Rates Alert - Excerpt from 2013 Mileage Rates Alert: The Internal Revenue Service has...more

California Federal Court Awards Millions for Predictive Coding Costs in Document Review

by Christopher Corsi, Philip Yannella | Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/18/2013

A federal court in California recently awarded defendants in a patent infringement case more than $2.8 million in attorneys’ fees relating to the use of “predictive coding,” also known as “computer-assisted technology,” to...more

Speaking Of . . . Trade Secrets - Damages For Misappropriation Can Be Full Refund Of Ex-Employee’s Severance Pay

by Walter Judge | Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 3/15/2013

When your trade secrets are stolen, you might sue the ex-employee who stole them, or the competing business that’s now in possession of them, or both. What’s an appropriate measure of damages when your trade secrets are...more

Recent Developments In Information Technology Law - First Quarter 2013

by David Syrowik | Brooks Kushman P.C. on 3/12/2013

Table of Contents: *I. U.S. Supreme Court - A. Trademarks *II. U.S. Courts of Appeal - A. Patents - B. Copyrights - C. Copyrights/Criminal - D. Trademarks - E. Trademarks/Unfair...more

Speaking Of . . . Trade Secrets - Misappropriation Justice Has International Reach: Connecticut Court Has Jurisdiction Over...

by Walter Judge | Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 3/7/2013

An important federal appeals court has determined that a Connecticut court has jurisdiction over a Canadian citizen whose only act in Connecticut was accessing information on a computer server located in Connecticut. In...more

Business Torts In Virginia

by James V. Irving | Bean, Kinney & Korman, PC on 3/7/2013

In late January, the United State District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting in Richmond, handed down an opinion that provided a succinct analysis of the pleading standards applicable to several Virginia...more

Speaking Of . . . Trade Secrets - Misappropriation Justice Has International Reach: Connecticut Court Has Jurisdiction Over...

by Walter Judge | Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 3/5/2013

An important federal appeals court has determined that a Connecticut court has jurisdiction over a Canadian citizen whose only act in Connecticut was accessing information on a computer server located in Connecticut. In...more

McAfee & Taft tIPsheet - March 2013: Keys to ensuring the secrecy of trade secrets

by Zach Oubre | McAfee & Taft on 3/5/2013

“Three can keep a secret if two are dead.” — Benjamin Franklin. In the shrinking world of social media, privacy seems to be an all but forgotten concept. But in the world of business, trade secrets are critical to...more

IP Update, Vol. 16, No. 2, -- February 2013

by Evan Boetticher, Christopher Bright, Sarah Bro, Bernard Codd, Gabriel Daniel, Melissa Nott Davis, Paul Devinsky, Daniel Foster, D. Jeremy Harrison, Charles Hawkins, Sungyong “David” In, more +Christopher M. Koepke, John Low, Jennifer Mikulina, Sarika Singh, Rose S. Whelan | McDermott Will & Emery on 2/28/2013

In This Issue: Patents - Supreme Court: State Court Has Jurisdiction over a Legal Malpractice Claim; Nothing Non-Obvious About Applying Pre-Existing Technology to the Internet; The Federal Circuit Is Not the Place...more

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

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

Mother’s Day Post: Mother And Son Accused Of Trade Secret Theft

New Trade Secret Legislation in France? Mais oui bien sûr!

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

The Real Lesson of Chinese Cyberhacking

Decisions Highlight Split In Application Of Computer Fraud And Abuse Act

Live Events Agency Sues Former Employees And Independent Contractor For Breach Of Non-Solicitation Agreements

Obama Administration Solicits Public Help in Preventing Foreign Trade Secret Theft

Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of International Trade Secret Dispute

Business Law Newsletter - March 2013

California Federal Court Awards Millions for Predictive Coding Costs in Document Review

Speaking Of . . . Trade Secrets - Damages For Misappropriation Can Be Full Refund Of Ex-Employee’s Severance Pay

Recent Developments In Information Technology Law - First Quarter 2013

Speaking Of . . . Trade Secrets - Misappropriation Justice Has International Reach: Connecticut Court Has Jurisdiction Over...

Business Torts In Virginia

Speaking Of . . . Trade Secrets - Misappropriation Justice Has International Reach: Connecticut Court Has Jurisdiction Over...

McAfee & Taft tIPsheet - March 2013: Keys to ensuring the secrecy of trade secrets

IP Update, Vol. 16, No. 2, -- February 2013

Obama Administration Reports on Efforts to Prevent Trade Secret Misappropriation

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

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

The Rising Threat Of Trade Secrets Theft

Recent Cases Address Employer Efforts to Protect Confidential Information

Congress Raises the Stakes for Theft of Trade Secrets with Passage of Two New Laws

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