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Permanent Injunctions Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA)

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Readily Ascertainable - WilmerHale's Trade Secret Bulletin: October 2024

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Welcome to WilmerHale’s bulletin on recent trade secret case law and relevant news items. We’ve affectionately nicknamed it “Readily Ascertainable” because, unlike a trade secret, it should be easy to figure out....more

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A Large Theft of Trade Secrets Sets a Record: The “Largest Damages Award on the books under the DTSA”

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Sometimes it is all about the money. In Motorola v. Hytera, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals addressed “a large and blatant theft of trade secrets” from Motorola by its competitor Hytera. The damages awarded to Motorola,...more

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Second Circuit Narrows Defend Trade Secrets Act Remedies

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The Second Circuit just raised the bar for recovering avoided costs as unjust enrichment in a Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) case. With a successful DTSA claim, a trade secret owner may obtain an injunction against further...more

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Year-End Review of Key Trade Secret Decisions

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A trade secret is any information used in one's business that derives independent economic value from being kept secret. Unlike patents, trade secrets are protected indefinitely for as long as they remain a secret. Due in...more

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Can a Party Recover Damages for the Anticipated Future Use of Trade Secrets?

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Courts have long lamented that “computing damages in a trade secret case is not cut and dry,” Am. Sales Corp. v. Adventure Travel, Inc., 862 F. Supp. 1476, 1479 (E.D. Va. 1994), meaning that “every [trade secret] case...more

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