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Trade secrets are an old form of IP that some people argue it dates back to Roman times. They have always been a choice for people who want to protect their intellectual property, along with copyrights, patents and trademarks. Since trade secrets…
Trade secrets can be grouped in two kinds based on the reasons why their owners choose trade secret over patent. In the first group you would find different types of information that aren’t patentable due to not meeting the patentability criteria. On…
Just recently, in the Life Spine, Inc. v. Aegis Spine, Inc., Case No. 21-1649 (7th Cir. Aug. 9, 2021) (St. Eve, J.), the Seventh Circuit noted that “a limited disclosure” does not destroy all trade secret protection on a product, allowing a…
Can certain specific medical device details remain company know-how or protected trade secrets even if patents are pursued on the medical device? Consider the Seventh Circuit’s commentary in its August 9, 2021 decision upholding a preliminary…
DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC. v. VETERINARY ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT, INC. Before Prost, Clevenger, and Dyk. Appeal from the Middle District of Florida. Summary: Internal efforts to maintain confidentiality are not enough to establish a confidential relationship…
Federal Circuit Summary Before Chen , Newman and Dyk. Appeal from the Eastern District of Texas. Summary: The Texas Theft Liability Act (TTLA), which awards attorney’s fees to the prevailing party, does not permit the recovery of attorney’s…
The United States District Court of Western District of Washington entered a judgment in a trade secret case, Verasonics, Inc. v. Alpinion Medical Systems Co., Ltd. (Case No. 2:14-cv-01820-JCC). The district court confirmed the final arbitration award,…
Keeping secrets in business: Organisations hold business-critical intangible assets that perfectly fit even the strictest definition for a valuable trade secret. A trade secret is any formula, practice, process, design, instrument, pattern, commercial…
Trade Secrets: Trade secrets protection is a timely topic. Over the past few years the relevant laws and business landscape have changed dramatically. The US Defend Trade Secrets act was enacted in 2016 – and on paper has provided a very powerful set…
The perfect confidentiality agreements is, in most cases, overkill and in any event would probably never be signed. Hundreds, if not thousands, of CDAs, NDAs and other secrecy agreements are signed every day, and the vast majority perform adequately for…
Written by Patrick Muffo & Kevin Mahoney , Seyfarth Shaw Every day, companies unknowingly give up intellectual property and trade secrets which they could have otherwise protected with simple processes. Poor R&D policies may not capture patent rights on a…
Richard Phillips, president of the Intellectual Property Owners Association, sent a powerful message to Washington the day before the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development regarding the U.S. intellectual property community’s stance on…
