AI companies should familiarize themselves with trade secret law to safeguard their innovations. A company does not need to register a trade secret to invoke it in litigation, unlike other IP protections. Trade secrets can...more
On Wednesday, a federal jury in the Eastern District of Texas declined to award any damages to Huawei Technologies Co., the world’s largest telecommunications company, stemming from its allegations of trade secret theft,...more
7/3/2019
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Fifth Amendment ,
Former Employee ,
Huawei ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Misappropriation ,
No-Poaching ,
Proprietary Information ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Telecommunications ,
Trade Secrets
Cryptocurrency has dominated the attention of the financial world for most of the past 12 months as Bitcoin’s value (as well as other cryptocurrencies’) soared over 1,500% in 2017 (though it has experienced some recent...more
The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 was signed into law by President Obama on May 11, 2016. While the DTSA has been on the books for over a year, relatively few courts have addressed the ex parte seizure provision and even...more
Virgin Galactic expanded and continued its attack on its former VP of Propulsion, Thomas Markusic, and his new company, Firefly Space Systems, this month. Markusic co-founded Firefly around the time he left Virgin Galactic,...more
11/8/2016
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Evidence ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
Popular ,
Pre-Employment Agreements ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Proprietary Information ,
Restraining Orders ,
Sanctions ,
Satellites ,
Technology ,
Technology Sector ,
Trade Secrets