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Trade Secrets/Non-Compete Quarterly Update - Q2 2023

Benesch on 8/2/2023

Welcome to our Q2 Trade Secret and Restrictive Covenant Update. As you can tell from the update, Q2 was a busy quarter in this space from both a regulatory, legislative, civil litigation and criminal litigation perspective....more

Who Owns Knowledge?

Bodman on 7/28/2023

You may have recently heard that the heads of two mega-tech companies, Meta and the company formerly known as Twitter, have exchanged accusations. No, we are not referring to the potential “cage match” but to the allegation...more

Protecting Social Media Contact Lists as Trade Secrets

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/1/2020

Social media contact lists have become an increasingly important part of a business’s customer lists. While courts are still grappling with who legally “owns” the data that the employee acquired on the employer’s dime—such...more

To Tweet or Not to Tweet: Social Media and Intellectual Property Issues

Knobbe Martens on 10/21/2015

Social media platforms are very useful, but they also create legal issues. Without question, social media has changed the way businesses communicate with their clients and consumers. Likewise, social media has changed the way...more

Intellectual Property Bulletin - Spring 2015

Fenwick & West LLP on 6/23/2015

California’s Eraser Law: What IP Attorneys and Owners Need to Know - Hector recently graduated from UC Berkeley and is anxious about his upcoming job interview. He is about to enter the adult world. But he has also got...more

Secret Connections: LinkedIn contacts may be a trade secret

McAfee & Taft on 12/31/2014

A California court recently determined that an employee’s LinkedIn contacts could be considered a “trade secret” in a case where the employee retained his contacts after he left the company and began a competing venture....more

Trade Secret Litigation Over Social Media: Is It Worth The Cost?

CMCP - California Minority Counsel Program on 7/1/2013

With the continually increasing popularity of social media websites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, where members can be connected to friends, family members, co-workers, clients, and potential clients all by logging in...more

Social Networking Contacts Could Be Trade Secrets

Nossaman LLP on 3/13/2013

Like it or not, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and other social media is playing a larger role in our everyday business lives. Nowadays, many companies are using social networking to maintain their client list and further...more

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