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Texas adopts Uniform Trade Secrets Act; New York, Massachusetts and North Carolina remain lone holdouts

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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May 16 2013

On May 2, 2013, the Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA) was signed into law by Governor Rick Perry. The new law becomes effective on September 1

Keeping trade secrets secret is key

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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April 29 2013

Failure to protect corporate trade secrets had dire consequences for AGC, Inc., a Connecticut aviation component manufacturer forced to file a

Uncle Sam wants you to mitigate the theft of U.S. trade secrets

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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March 4 2013

On February 20, 2013, the White House published an "Administration Strategy on Mitigating the Theft of U.S. Trade Secrets." While the Strategy takes

Court enjoins former American Airlines employee from further web postings of confidential information

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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September 11 2012

Last week, American Airlines and one of its former employees, Gailen David, entered in to an agreed permanent injunction which prohibits David from disseminating certain confidential, proprietary or trade secret information through any medium

Former Motorola software engineer sentenced to four years in prison for trade secret theft

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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August 30 2012

Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Ruben Castillo sentenced a former Motorola software engineer, Hanjuan Jin, to four years in prison for stealing Motorola trade secrets related to proprietary technology

Are employer social networking accounts protectable trade secrets?

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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April 13 2012

Social media has become an increasingly important tool for businesses to market their products and services

Connecticut Supreme Court rules that a public agency can create and maintain trade secrets

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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March 16 2012

The Supreme Court of Connecticut has ruled that a public agency, the University of Connecticut, can create and maintain trade secrets that are exempt from disclosure under the state’s Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”

Utah decision broadly construes the uniform trade secrets act's preemption provision

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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March 14 2012

In a decision recently issued by the Utah Court of Appeals, CDC Restoration & Construction, LC v. Tradesmen Contractors, LLC et al., the court broadly interpreted the preemption clause in the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (“UTSA”) to hold that it “preempts claims based on the unauthorized use of information, irrespective of whether that information meets the statutory definition of a trade secret.”

Eighth Circuit holds that a compilation of otherwise public information can be a trade secret

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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December 22 2011

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently held that compilations containing only minimal secret information nevertheless qualified for trade secret protection because the substantial investment involved in preparing them gave their owner a competitive advantage and because the owner undertook reasonable efforts to maintain their secrecy by labeling them with a proprietary legend and only distributing them to parties which signed a confidentiality agreement

Once again, an alleged international trade secrets heist draws a federal indictment

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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October 6 2011

As we have noted in prior blog posts, alleged thefts of trade secrets are generally handled through the civil court system, and rarely result in criminal prosecution

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