Breaches of both confidentiality and an employee's fiduciary responsibility to protect an employer's proprietary information/IPs has been a defining factor in the litigation and resolution of trade secret disputes since the 19th century (American Law Institute, 2006; Bodie, 2017).
Legal Challenges in Limiting Trade Secret Disclosures by Employees and VCPs
Countering Trade Secret Misappropriation by Corporate Insiders
For the umpteenth time,
trade secrets come in many shapes and sizes-from computer programs to manufacturing processes to supplier lists and many between-but they all have one thing in common: they are key to your competitive edge.
Most states, including Utah, have laws to protect trade secrets through a version of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act.
The security approach to protect information from hackers is similar to the approach to protect trade secrets. But because trade secrets are often taken by departing employees, there are some additional considerations.
What constitutes "reasonable" protection varies by business and depends on the nature of the trade secrets. So there is no single checklist of protections that is applicable in all situations.
Trade secret protection broadly encompasses the following
(57) Another major aim of trade secret law consists in maintaining
If you do so, your metalcasting facility may be eligible to recover double damages or attorney fees in trade secret litigation.
Trade secret litigation tends to move relatively quickly.
Pardue is the Chair of the
Trade Secrets Committee of the Georgia Bar Intellectual property Section.