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A Tech Superwoman Is Accused of Borrowing Her IP Powers

Surbhi Sarna started a company for detecting ovarian cancer and sold it for $150 million before turning 35. Now a long-ago former employer is claiming that Sarna actually developed the technology on its dime, with its trade secrets.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Judge Blocks Transfer of Proprietary DNA Info Sought to Speed Development of COVID-19 Vaccine

Although Inovio contended that the transfer was necessary to develop sufficient quantities of a promising vaccine it already has in the works, Saltz said the notion that public benefit hinged on VGXI immediately transferring trade secret information was speculative.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Why You Need to Act Now and Do More to Protect Your Trade Secrets

If you hadn't gotten that message, articles have been legion since the advent of COVID-19 about how businesses need to take steps during this time of widespread remote work to enhance their trade secret protection efforts.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Is It Time to Cancel Nondisclosure Agreements?

"Quite honestly, you don't give yourself any further protections at law for having put those documents in place," says Susan Hackett, CEO of law practice management consulting agency Legal Executive Leadership.
9 minute read

The Recorder

Judge Orders Trade Secrets Defendant to Stop Doing Business With Allegedly Stolen Clients

A federal judge in Sacramento granted a preliminary injunction brought by Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe's on behalf of ExamWorks, which will bar former employees of the medical exam provider from working with "100,000 potential customers" wrapped up in the trade secrets dispute.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Third Circuit Got it Right on Trade Secret Standing

We urge the New Jersey courts to follow what appears to be a majority (and growing) position in support of relief for the possessor, and not just the owner, of the trade secret.
4 minute read

The Recorder

The Data Room in Patent Due Diligence: Perspectives from Two Doors

Putting yourself at the threshold of the other door and considering the room from that perspective can provide useful reminders of each side's strategic opportunities and concerns, and ensure that the doors to the deal are kept open.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Who's Watching? Hidden Dangers to Trade Secrets From Video Conferencing

It behooves businesses to take care to protect their trade secrets during video conferencing. Here, we address some potential risks to trade secrets from video conferencing—including hidden ones—and offer some potential measures to limit them.
9 minute read

The Recorder

Lenovo Hit With Trade Secret Lawsuit Over Source Code Theft

"Not only did Lenovo do a wholesale cut-and-paste job with Khoros's public-facing code, it also reverse-engineered Khoros's Studio Tool and its proprietary back-office website architecture, APIs, and macros," according to the complaint filed Tuesday.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Best Practices to Maintain Confidentiality and Privilege Over Videoconference

Here are some best practices to ensure that trade secrets or privileged information discussed via videoconference remains protected.
6 minute read

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