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The Recorder

High Court Expands Protection on 'Confidential' Information Under Exemption 4 of FOIA

On June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court upended decades of lower court precedent to expand protection of “trade secrets and commercial or financial” information from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Protecting Internet Inventions: Four Different Paths

Internet inventions come in four major categories, each with a different way of best protecting it.
9 minute read

The Recorder

Google Settles IP Case Over High-Altitude Balloons

Arizona-based Space Data had argued that Google's "Project Loon" rode on its trade secrets. Judge Beth Labson Freeman ruled earlier this year that Space Data had just enough to get past summary judgment.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

CNEX General Counsel Says 'Jury Smelled a Rat' in Huawei Case

Reflecting on the case, CNEX general counsel Matthew Gloss said, “We were incredibly naive for trying to work this out with Futurewei and Huawei.”
6 minute read

The Recorder

Evolving Whistleblower Immunity Under the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016

This May marked the three-year anniversary of the Defend Trade Secrets Act. While the prohibitions against trade secret misappropriation created by the DTSA have been well vetted since the Act's inception, less frequently discussed is the immunity granted under the Act to certain individuals who might expose trade secrets: whistleblowers.
8 minute read

The Recorder

Viasat Wins $49M Verdict Over Fiber Optic Technology

San Diego County jurors find that Acacia Communications failed to pay royalties but award only $1 on Viasat's trade secret claims.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Using Anti-SLAPP Laws to Combat Trade Secret Claims: A Disappearing Mechanism?

While the anti-SLAPP laws in some states have not had significant impact, others offer a pathway to early dismissal.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Trade Secret's Inherent Value Part 2: Trade Secret Reasonable Royalties

This article considers an area in which differing perspectives on the fundamental goal of trade secret damages may lead to differing damages methodologies: reasonable royalty damages.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Trade Secret's Inherent Value, Part 1: Avoided Costs and Trade Secret Damages

Whether damages should be directed at calculating the value of a trade secret or at calculating tangible losses incurred by the plaintiff is a fundamental issue tackled in a recent appellate decision out of New York.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

TransPerfect Trade Secrets Lawsuit Slammed by Defendant as 'Farcical'

TransPerfect's suit stems from the leading translation-services firm's forced sale in 2017.
4 minute read

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