Trade secrets litigation is a major part of the firm’s practice. We have been retained as counsel for plaintiffs and defendants in the highest-stakes, highest-profile trade secrets cases ever litigated. We have successfully represented our clients seeking and defending against preliminary injunc...
trade secret. The employer may seek damages against such a person for revealing the secret. In addition, the owner of a trade secret involved in a lawsuit may request a "protective order" from the judge to prohibit revelation of a trade secret or a sealing of the record in the case ...
Secondly, as the plaintiff's representative lawyer, one of the important tasks of the representative lawyer in trade secret cases is to assist the client in determining the confidential information to be protected before filing the lawsuit. The selection and determination of the content of the secre...
Reading tip: In the early stage of assisting the client in filing a lawsuit and determining the secret points, in addition to assisting the client in determining the number of secret points to be protected, the specific content of the secret points, accurately identifying whether the technical in...
In the latter case, the SME will face a choice: to patent the invention or to keep it as a trade secret.Policy Considerations: The On-Sale Bar for Secret Processes August 15, 2024AIA, Federal Circuit, First-to-File, International Harmonization, Metallizing Engineering, On-Sale Bar, paid,...
Confidentiality is one of the most important component elements for determining trade secrets. Where the rightholder cannot prove he or she has taken reasonable confidentiality measures to protect the classified information, the rightholder will lose the infringement lawsuit relating to trade secret. ...
In an unusual fact pattern for DTSA cases, before McKinsey’s federal lawsuit was filed, the former employee had sued McKinsey in state court, alleging his entitlement to almost $1 million in discretionary compensation and asserting claims for fraud, misrepresentation, and breach of contract, ...
Often in trade secret cases, the most important goal of the plaintiff is to receive an order from the court that the defendant may not use or disclose the trade secret. It is common in trade secret cases for the plaintiff to seek a preliminary injunction shortly after filing the lawsuit. ...
Pennsylvania Plaintiff That Failed in Effort To Block FTC Noncompete Ban Drops Lawsuit Categories:Non-Compete Agreements David J. Clark,Daniel R. Levy Last week, employers who use noncompetes got more good news with respect to the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed noncompete ban. ...
The owner of a trade secret is entitled to its exclusive use and enjoyment. A trade secret is valuable not only because it enables a company to gain advantage over a competitor but also because it may be sold or licensed like any other property right. In contrast, commercial information that...