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Texas Lawyer

Trade Secret Litigation Now an Attractive Alternative to Patent Litigation

It seems likely that trade secret litigation will continue to grow in popularity for the foreseeable future, however, what is much less clear is whether increasing trade secret litigation will correspond to a drop in patent litigation, says Aimee Fagan, a trial partner at Sidley Austin.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

What's Up With All the Trade Secret Action at the ITC? Two Latham IP Litigators Weigh In

In the wake of a big trade secret win at the Commission for electric car battery maker LG Energy Solutions, Latham's David Callahan and Bert Reiser discuss how parties are harnessing the protections of the Defend Trade Secrets Act at the ITC.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Practical Considerations for Protecting IP at the Employee On-Boarding Stage

Greater flexibility in remote working environments for employees has led to an increase in the revolving door of new and departing employees and greater challenges for employers to keep up with on-boarding and exiting procedures to protect corporate intellectual property rights.
8 minute read

The Recorder

COVID-19 Testing Lab Sues California Manager for Alleged Trade Secret Theft

Jackson Lewis is representing COVID-19 testing lab operator PerkinElmer, which is under investigation by state regulators, in a lawsuit claiming that a California lab manager emailed proprietary information to herself before leaving for a competitor. A whistleblower that came forward with claims of mismanagement at the lab bears the same name as the defendant in the suit.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Some Plaintiffs Are Weaponizing Trade Secret Litigation

Many companies have weaponized trade-secret litigation by using it to stifle competition or to dissuade employees from leaving.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

ITC Tries to Cushion EV Battery Ban for Ford and Volkswagen

The commission has blocked SK International from importing lithium-ion battery products into the U.S. for 10 years over trade secret theft. But it carved out a four-year transition period for SK to supply Ford F-150 EVs in Georgia and two years for Volkswagen EVs manufactured in Tennessee.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Observations on the Waco Division's Growing Prominence

Since U.S. District Judge Alan Albright took the bench, patent holders have flocked to file their cases in the Waco Division of the Western District of Texas.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

2021 to Bring New, Unprecedented Challenges to Protecting and Defending Trade Secrets

As the Biden administration takes over, Florida companies need to prepare for the possibility of national restrictions on noncompete agreements and other restrictive covenants.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

109-Day Trade Secrets Trial Ends in Mixed Verdict, but Fight Continues

The heart of what eventually became a sprawling trade-secrets case has centered on whether chemist Samet Dy and a company he founded, and various companies and defendants that hired him, misappropriated plaintiff Dur-A-Flex's proprietary formula for cement floor coating-product, Poly-Crete, after Dy left his employment with Dur-A-Flex.
8 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Attorney Prevails in Case Involving Noncompete Agreements

The Natera case is a great example of the ambiguity many companies face when developing appropriate policies and agreements regarding hiring and noncompete agreements, says John C.C. Sanders, a trial lawyer at Winston & Strawn.
6 minute read

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