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FOIA trade secrets exemption unavailable for 75-year-old aircraft design

Husch Blackwell LLP
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USA
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February 8 2011

It's a common assumption in litigation under the Freedom of Information Act that trade secrets lose value with the passage of time

Eating pie and trade secret theft what’s the “use”

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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July 2 2010

It is not often a case hits upon two of our favorite topics: Trade secrets and pie

Use of executable machine code does not constitute misappropriation

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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June 30 2010

The California Court of Appeals ruled that simply using executable machine code does not qualify as trade secret misappropriation if the source code was not acquired, disclosed or used

Multi-million dollar trade secret heist results in federal criminal plea

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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September 7 2010

In the latest example of a significant international trade secret theft resulting in a federal criminal prosecution, chemist David Yen Lee recently pleaded guilty in federal court in Chicago to "knowingly and without authorization" possessing one or more trade secrets of his former employer Valspar Corporation ("Valspar") with intent to convert them "to the economic benefit of someone other than the owner

Software user does not acquire knowledge of trade secrets embodied in source code

Proskauer Rose LLP
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USA
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July 29 2010

A user of software containing source code misappropriated by the software developer from a competitor does not thereby acquire the requisite knowledge of the trade secrets embodied in the source code so as to violate the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act, a California appeals court ruled

Chalasani revisited: misappropriating ex-employee permanently enjoined

Foley & Lardner LLP
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USA
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February 28 2011

We previously reported on the filing of a trade secret misappropriation case, Banc of America Securities, LLC, et al. v. Chalasani, in federal court in New York, Index No. 10 cv 7681, in which B of A sought injunctive relief against a former employee who downloaded and transferred electronically without permission proprietary trading strategies and other non-public information. B of A had announced reductions-in-force on September 21, 2010

Software compilation not a trade secret under state law

McDermott Will & Emery
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USA
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April 29 2011

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated and remanded a grant of summary judgment to Defendants on Plaintiff’s claims for misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of contract against defendant Sentia Group and several former employees of the plaintiff

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

Posting trade secrets

Fenwick & West LLP
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USA
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October 26 2011

In August, a district court in New Jersey issued a significant decision addressing the issue of whether, and under what circumstances, the posting of materials on the Internet destroys trade secret status

Ninth Circuit en banc decision in Nosal creates federal appellate court split on scope of Computer Fraud and Abuse Act's reach to protect trade secrets

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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USA
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April 16 2012

In a much anticipated decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held in an en banc decision in United States v. Nosal that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA") was not intended to cover employee misappropriation of trade secrets, violations of corporate computer use policies or violations of an employee duty of loyalty

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FOIA trade secrets exemption unavailable for 75-year-old aircraft design

Eating pie and trade secret theft what’s the “use”

Use of executable machine code does not constitute misappropriation

Multi-million dollar trade secret heist results in federal criminal plea

Software user does not acquire knowledge of trade secrets embodied in source code

Chalasani revisited: misappropriating ex-employee permanently enjoined

Software compilation not a trade secret under state law

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

Posting trade secrets

Ninth Circuit en banc decision in Nosal creates federal appellate court split on scope of Computer Fraud and Abuse Act's reach to protect trade secrets

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