LexBlog IP

AUGUST 11, 2021

However, a recent federal ruling provides an important reminder that the term “trade secret” is a legal term of art subject to strict standards and merely labeling general categories of company information as trade secrets does not make them so—no matter how important the information is to the business. July 7, 2021) No.

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Trading Secrets

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

LimeStone FZE [2] , considered a trade secret misappropriation claim under both the Defend Trade Secrets Act (the “DTSA”) and MUTSA, given that the alleged misappropriation had commenced after MUTSA’s effective date. In so doing, the Court relied on pre-MUTSA (and pre-DTSA) law in the Commonwealth, citing to the 2011 case Optos, Inc.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

LimeStone FZE [2] , considered a trade secret misappropriation claim under both the Defend Trade Secrets Act (the “DTSA”) and MUTSA, given that the alleged misappropriation had commenced after MUTSA’s effective date. Topcon Medical Sys.,

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

MARCH 11, 2021

For a misappropriation claim brought under the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA), a trade secret owner can seek an order to preserve confidentiality under 18 U.S.C. The DTSA extended the EEA, creating a federal private civil action for trade secret misappropriation. 2d 895, 906 (N.D. 1273, 1278 (S.D.N.Y. 18 U.S.C. §§ 1835–1839.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 30, 2022

The Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) was enacted in 2016. The DTSA allows an owner of a trade secret to sue in federal court when seeking relief for trade secret misappropriation related to a product or service in interstate or foreign commerce, and does not preempt any state law. State Trade Secret Laws’ Similarities to the DTSA.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In fact, Internet publicity rights/230 cases are a jurisprudential disaster (check out some confused rulings in this category ). When Congress enacted the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), it specifically said that the new trade secret rights created in the law are not “intellectual property” claims. ” Implications.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Courts have grappled with tests to differentiate an employee’s general skill and knowledge from an employer’s trade secrets, and so far as I can tell, this is the first time that a court has used this objective test from the patent world to differentiate the two categories of information. Then check out U.S.

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