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Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Massachusetts Adopts Uniform Trade Secrets Act

On October 1, 2018, Massachusetts will become the 49th state to adopt a version of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act. The version of the UTSA that Massachusetts will adopt bears notable similarities to the Defend Trade Secrets...more

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The DTSA’s Ex Parte Seizure Remedy – Two Years Later

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Enacted in May 2016, the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) created a new remedy that was not available under any state's Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA) – the ex parte civil seizure. This remedy permitted plaintiffs to...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Trade Secrets: What In-House Counsel Need to Know

As former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder observed, there are only two types of companies affected by trade-secret theft: those that know they’ve been compromised and those that don’t know yet. ...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

The DTSA After One Year: Has the Federal Trade Secrets Law Met Expectations?

On May 11, 2017, the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) – the law that created a Federal cause of action for trade secret misappropriation – celebrated its first birthday. The law was the result of years of negotiation between...more

Hogan Lovells

Top trade secret developments in 2017 for ADG companies

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Trade secrets form one of the most valuable assets of technology companies. The protection of trade secrets is widely seen as essential to foster innovation and economic growth. This past year, both the United States (U.S.)...more

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A Key Difference Between the DTSA and UTSA: “Continued Misappropriation” Continues to be a Viable Claim

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The Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”), unapologetically, was modeled after the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (“UTSA”) in many respects. For background, the DTSA is the federal statute, enacted in 2016, that creates a federal...more

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Defend Trade Secrets Act — Implications for Private Funds

On May 11, 2016, the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) became law. The DTSA provides trade-secret protections on the federal level that are similar to those available through the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA)...more

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Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016: What Does It Mean for Employers?

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On May 11, 2016, President Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) into law, creating a federal claim for misappropriation of trade secrets. Concerns with the difficulty of protecting trade secrets have grown as...more

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New Weapon For Manufacturers: Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016

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On May 11, 2016, President Barack Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (the “DTSA”), which provides a federal civil cause of action to manufacturers for the misappropriation of trade secrets under the Economic...more

Burr & Forman

Burr Alert: What The New Federal Trade Secrets Law Means For Employees

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The scope of the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act ("DTSA") enacted on May 11, 2016 extends well beyond employment issues. However, its impact on an employers' asset protection and enforcement program is quite significant. ...more

Gray Reed

What’s To Know About the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016

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Congress has passed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 and the president is expected to sign it into law. The DTSA allows suits in federal court for misappropriation of trade secrets. Before the DTSA, most litigants would...more

Knobbe Martens

The Current State of Trade Secret Law and how the New Federal Statute Will Shape the Landscape

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Trade Secret Protection Schemes: •State: Uniform Trade Secrets Act –Adopted in various forms between 1979 and 2013 •Common Law –New York and Massachusetts •Federal: Defend Trade Secrets Act –Amends the...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Obama Signs Law Giving Trade Secrets Federal Protection

A company’s confidential trade secrets are their most coveted assets and give a company a competitive edge over its competitors. Such trade secrets may include product specifications and formulas, recipes, computer...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Pssst, The Secret Is Knowing What You Can’t Do With The Defend Trade Secrets Act

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The Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) became law with President Obama’s signature on May 11, 2016. The DTSA is an amendment to the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 and, for the first time, affords a federal private right of...more

Smith Anderson

Defend Trade Secrets Act Creates New Federal Claim For Misappropriation of Trade Secrets

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On May 11, 2016, President Barack Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) into law, creating a federal civil right of action for the theft of trade secrets. Until now, trade secrets had been protected only at...more

Brooks Pierce

How the New Trade Secrets Law May Affect You

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A week ago, on May 11, 2016, the President signed into law the new federal “Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016.” It arms with substantial new weaponry those whose trade secrets have been taken. What has been less heralded,...more

Genova Burns LLC

Federal Trade Secrets Act Now Law: What Companies Should Know

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On May 11, 2016, President Obama signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”). The measure had previously been passed by the U.S. House of Representatives 410-2 on April 27, 2016, quickly following the U.S. Senate’s...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Employers Gain New Federal Trade Secret Protections, Must Notify Employees to Obtain Certain Remedies

Until now, employers seeking relief for trade secret misappropriation were limited almost exclusively to state law remedies. With the enactment of the Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) on May 11, 2016, employers now have...more

Lathrop GPM

POTUS Signs The Defend Trade Secrets Act

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On May 11, President Barack Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act (the "Act") into Law. The Act, which passed overwhelmingly in Congress last week in a 410-2 vote, is an effort to create a private, federal right of action...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"New Federal Trade Secrets Act Becomes Law"

On May 11, 2016, President Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA, or Act) into law. The DTSA, among other things, amends the Economic Espionage Act to create, for the first time, a federal private civil...more

Fish & Richardson

President Signs Defend Trade Secrets Act: Five Must-Know Takeaways for Your Business

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On May 11, 2016, President Obama signed the long-awaited Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) into law, which was passed by Congress on April 27, 2016. An extension of the Economic Espionage Act of 1996, the DTSA provides for a...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

President Obama Signs Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016

On May 11, 2016, President Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 into law, culminating a three year, bipartisan effort to create a federal trade secret law that can be used by private parties in civil litigation....more

Benesch

Protecting Trade Secrets: A New Arrow in the Quiver

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A new weapon in the effort to protect trade secret information came into existence on May 11, 2016 as President Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (“DTSA”). DTSA creates a new federal cause of action for trade...more

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Congress Passes Landmark IP Legislation: Defend Trade Secrets Act

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On April 28 Congress passed the Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”), which creates a federal private right of action for trade secret misappropriation. Enactment into law is virtually certain, as President Obama, a long-time...more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

Will We See Federal Trade Secret Legislation Passed This Year?

In January of this year, we noted that trade secret protection has lately been on the minds of lawmakers in Washington, and that federal trade secret legislation was very close to being enacted. While nothing is pending at...more

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