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using testimonials post-relationship failure can be a ROP problem

43(B)log

COY hired MG to develop COY’s subscription platform. Things eventually went bad, resulting in contract/trade secret claims and copyright/ROP counterclaims. After they executed a Web Development Agreement, a number of her copyrighted photos were added to the site created by McCandless (it’s disputed who did that).

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Trade Secrets Without Borders: The Defend Trade Secret Act’s Promise as an Extra-Territorial Statute Finally Comes to Pass

LexBlog IP

” Motorola’s claims were brought under the DTSA, the Illinois Trade Secret Act and the Copyright Act. Background: In Motorola Solutions , Motorola and its Malaysian affiliate sued Hytera Communications Corporation Ltd., Hytera America, Inc. and Hytera Communications America (West), Inc. LEXIS 42277 (W.D.N.C.