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Why Trade Secret Protection Is Broken at Many Large Companies

Many large companies are seemingly paralyzed by trade secrets. It is surprising given their resources and sophistication in other areas of IP law.Large companies usually have large patent and trademark portfolios, teams of legal professionals, and significant IP...

Caffeinated or Not, Intent Matters: The Real Cost of Trade Secret Theft

Federal DTSA and Massachusetts UTSA do not clearly define what “willful and malicious” means. Recent litigation in Massachusetts took great steps towards clarifying this issue. KPM Analtics North America sued Blue Sun Scientific, Innovative Technologies Group, and four former employees for trade secret misappropriation under both DTSA and MUTSA.

4月 21 2025

KPM Analytics Wins $10M Trade Secret Case: What It Means for Foodtech and IP Protection

A recent federal court ruling awarded over $10 million in damages to KPM Analytics, a scientific instrumentation company serving the food and agriculture sectors, in a...
4月 03 2025

Palantir is Suing a Y Combinator Startup Over Trade Secrets

Palantir has filed a trade secret lawsuit against Guardian AI, a healthcare-focused AI startup launched by two of its former employees, in what is shaping up to be one...
3月 21 2025

Rippling v. Deel: Outsource your HR, but not your trade secrets.

Rippling sued their arch-competitor Deel in the Northern District Court of California on March 17, 2025. Rippling claims that Deel used a “mole” within Rippling to...
1月 29 2025

DeepSeekのデータセキュリティ:機密情報の保護

The Chinese DeepSeek R1 and Janus open-source models are certainly all the AI rage this week. The R1 model was built for a cost of about 5% of what its competitors...

Heraeus Kulzer, GmbH 対 Biomet, Inc.

この事件は、国境を越えた営業秘密訴訟の複雑さを浮き彫りにしている。
1782条訴訟を戦略的に利用することで、対外的なディスカバリーを得ることができる。
また、外国の判決を執行し、貿易を保護する上での課題もある。
複数の司法管轄区にまたがる秘密

ベーカー・ヒューズ社対S&Sケミカル社、2016年、米国 第6巡回区控訴裁判所

このケースは、明確な契約条項と拘束力の重要性を強調している。
すべての当事者が署名していなくても、相互の合意があれば、合意の性質は変わる。
パフォーマンスである。これは、無関係な紛争からの和解が、いかに広範に及ぶかを示している。
を意味する。