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Understanding Trade Secret Laws and Assets

Venable LLP on 2/17/2025

For companies, maintaining a competitive advantage over the market is necessary for long-term growth. In many cases, this competitive advantage takes the form of a federal- or state-protected trade secret, such as a...more

The Pros And Cons Of Protecting AI As Trade Secrets

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C. on 3/5/2024

Trade secrets have become a de facto intellectual property right for securing valuable artificial intelligence information. Despite regulatory trends toward greater transparency of AI models, federal policy acknowledges,...more

COVID-19 Update: Protecting Trade Secrets In The Midst Of The COVID-19 Pandemic

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 4/6/2020

Millions of Americans and others around the globe have been told to work from home in order to blunt the spread of COVID-19. In short order, companies have been faced with unprecedented strain on internal networks and demands...more

Fiduciary Duties With Respect To Trade Secrets For Dual Or Multiple Directors

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/13/2018

The purpose of this short paper is to ‘join the dots’ between a director’s fiduciary duties and especially a person holding dual or multiple directorships and trade secrets....more

New Types of Section 337 Investigations at the International Trade Commission

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/2/2018

Most Section 337 investigations allege violations of intellectual property (“IP”) based rights involving patent, registered trademark, or registered copyright infringement (“statutory IP claims”). In such cases, the...more

Fear and Trade Secrets on the Campaign Trail

Fisher Phillips on 4/26/2018

The Democratic National Committee recently filed a lawsuit against Russia, WikiLeaks, the Trump Campaign, and a bunch of individuals (including Julian Assange, Jared Kushner, and a hacker named “Guccifer 2.0”) that includes...more

Top Developments/Headlines in Trade Secret, Computer Fraud, and Non-Compete Law in 2017

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/19/2018

Continuing our annual tradition, we present the top developments/headlines for 2017/2018 in trade secret, computer fraud, and non-compete law....more

(Alleged) Spammer Squares Off With (Alleged) Hacker, Highlighting Risk of Cyber Threats

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 4/4/2017

What’s in a name? Obviously a lot, as businesses in all industries invest significant time and money to protect their reputations. But, in some sectors, the line between positive and pejorative can be quite thin. Take...more

Cybersecurity 2017 – The Year In Preview: Trade Secret Theft Takes Center Stage

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 11/21/2016

Editor’s Note: This is the first of an end-of-year series of posts examining coming trends in cybersecurity. Posts will examine trends in state regulations, federal regulatory authority, the changing nature of the threat...more

Amendment to Federal Criminal Procedural Rule Could Impact Trade Secret Cases

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 5/20/2016

Much attention, including here at Trade Secrets Watch, has been focused in recent weeks on the Defend Trade Secret Act (“DTSA”), which overwhelmingly passed both houses of Congress in April and was signed into law by...more

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