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Protecting Trade Secrets in the Life Sciences Industry: 8 Steps to Prevent Corporate Espionage and Theft

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Protecting trade secrets in any business is critical, but the stakes are higher in life sciences. Given the high focus on innovation in the industry, corporate espionage can result in devastating financial and reputational...more

TransPerfect Legal

Trade Secret Protection in Life Sciences: Strategies for Success

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Late last month, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) hosted a panel on Trade Secret Protection in Life Sciences: Strategies for Success. In today's rapidly evolving business environment, trade secrets are becoming...more

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Medical Device Companies Settle Trade Secrets Dispute for $8,000,000

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Aegis Spine Inc. has agreed to pay $8,000,000 to fellow spinal implant manufacturer Life Spine Inc., following Life Spine’s suit in the Northern District of Illinois alleging Aegis had misappropriated Life Spine’s trade...more

Proskauer - The Patent Playbook

When Nondisclosure Agreements and Pharmaceutical Trade Secrets Intersect

In the United States, the scale of trade secret theft is estimated to be between $180 billion and $450 billion annually. Among the targets of this theft are pharmaceutical companies, which are some of the most...more

Maynard Nexsen

[Webinar] Offensive and Defensive Strategies for Protecting Your Company's Trade Secrets - May 27th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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2021 Webinar Series: Life Sciences with Nexsen Pruet - Nexsen Pruet's newest webinar series is focusing on Life Sciences companies in the Carolinas. These webinars will focus on various legal and regulatory issues that...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Suspending IP Protection: A Bad Idea (That Won't Achieve Its Desired Goals)

Demagogy is never pretty.  When coupled with a species-threatening pandemic, the propensity for the pundit class is to be susceptible to solutions that sound reasonable only to the uninformed.  To make matters worse, some of...more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

Professor’s Prosecution Shows Importance of Disclosing All Foreign Ties

In August 2019, federal prosecutors indicted Feng Tao, a Chinese scientist conducting research at the University of Kansas, on fraud charges. The indictment may not appear notable at first glance. But when viewed against the...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Skirmish at the Fountain of Youth

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Twenty years ago the effort to sequence the human genome turned into a race between a consortium of publicly funded institutions and a company called Celera, with Craig Venter at its helm. ...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Seeking Shelter From the Patent Eligibility Storm: Does the DTSA Provide Sanctuary?

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For many charged with the development of intellectual property portfolios in the life sciences and software industries, navigating the stormy waters of patent eligibility has recently proven difficult. U.S. Supreme Court and...more

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