Trade Secret Tracker, published by Perkins Coie LLP, focuses on legal developments and issues related to trade secret law and protection. The blog covers topics such as trade secret misappropriation claims, the application and limits of doctrines like inevitable disclosure, enforcement of trade secret rights under statutes like the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), and the impact of licensing agreements on trade secret protection. It also addresses related matters including noncompete agreements, intellectual property disputes involving trade secrets, and litigation strategies. The blog provides updates on court decisions, regulatory proposals, and practical considerations for companies seeking to safeguard confidential business information.
A Texas appellate court reversed a $740 million trade secret theft and fraud judgment for real estate analytics company HouseCanary against rival Amrock, holding flawed jury instructions require a new trial.
In 2014, Title Source Insurance (TSI), a property valuation…
Computer forensic information often becomes an issue in trade secret cases, as computer artifacts or other electronic information (such as on external hard drives, cell phones, etc.) can sometimes prove or disprove whether a person accessed, used, transferred, or destroyed…
UAB dba Planner 5D sued Facebook and Princeton for copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation under both the Defend Trade Secrets Act and California UTSA, based on use of an AI dataset. The plaintiff alleges that it owns a large…
The Third Circuit recently affirmed a ruling out of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, which held that a NASA subcontractor could sue for misappropriation of trade secrets under the Pennsylvania Uniform Trade Secrets Act (the…
Alleged spoliation of evidence is unfortunately a somewhat common feature of many trade secret misappropriation cases. A recent district court order out of the Northern District of California, WeRide Corp. v. Kun Huang, highlighted just how serious the penalty for spoliation…
In an April 16, 2020 ruling, the District Court for the District of Massachusetts re-affirmed that a plaintiff bringing a claim under the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) must allege “ownership of confidential information” to survive a motion to dismiss.…
The Southern District of New York denied defendant Lionbridge Technologies, Inc.’s (Lionbridge) motion to dismiss, holding that TransPerfect Global, Inc. (TransPerfect), sufficiently pleaded that information disclosed to potential bidders in an online auction constituted trade secrets and that Lionbridge misappropriated…
CleanFish LLC, a seafood wholesaler and importer, faced an early setback in its case against its founder who allegedly started a competing company by using CleanFish’s confidential customer lists and information. CleanFish alleged state and federal trade secret misappropriation claims…
In 2013, Bloomberg and iSentium began a business relationship to consider incorporating iSentium’s sentiment-analysis app (iSENSE) into the Bloomberg platform. The app identified and analyzed market-related opinions posted to social media, anticipated changes in the price of publicly traded stocks,…
In October 2018, a non-compete reform bill when into effect in Massachusetts (the Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act (“MNCA”)). The MNCA is still being refined through the courts with only the second published decision regarding the MNCA being decided recently in…
