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Reverse engineering software, without more, not trade secret misappropriation in California

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 30 2012

The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California held that reverse engineering software in violation of a form end-user license agreement, without more, did not rise to the level of trade secret misappropriation

Use of executable machine code does not constitute misappropriation

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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

Software compilation not a trade secret under state law

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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