Cases And Materials On Trade Secret Law

This, the first casebook in the United States devoted exclusively to trade secret law, is challenging yet user-friendly to students. In order to facilitate understanding of the material, the book is designed to be used by law and business students with no prior background in intellectual property law. Throughout, the authors have made conscious and thoughtful decisions about the way in which the information is presented and organized. The general organization follows a logical analytical approach to understanding trade secret law, with the chapters progressing from proving the essential elements of a trade secret claim to defensive tactics and remedies, managing trade secrets, and criminal actions. It also addresses employment, management, and international issues.

This is the second edition of the first casebook in the United States devoted exclusively to trade secret law. As with the successful first edition, it is challenging yet user-friendly to students in order to facilitate their reading and understanding of the material. It is designed to be used by law students (and business students) with no prior background in intellectual property law. Due to the breadth of the subject matter, professors who teach trade secret law need not be intellectual property experts, but can specialize in a variety of fields, including employment law, torts, and unfair competition. The casebook also provides the context to re-teach and reinforce many of the basic concepts of law that students learned as 1L’s, including tort law, contract law, property law, civil procedure, constitutional law, and criminal law. This new edition includes timely additions relating to the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) and the EU Trade Secret Directive, two laws that went into effect in mid-2016, and which are certain to change the landscape of trade secret law in the United States and Europe. Unlike the only other existing casebook on the topic, this book continues to focus on and teach the predominant source of trade secret law in the U.S., the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA) as interpreted by courts throughout the U.S. --Publisher website.

Trade Secret Law is the first and only book in the Nutshell series to cover trade secret law in depth. It was written as a companion to Cases and Materials on Trade Secret Law by Rowe and Sandeen (the first casebook on trade secret law), but adds more practical advice. Thus, it is a useful resource for attorneys and law students alike. It could be a supplement to a course on trade secret law or an IP survey course that covers trade secret law, as most now do. Like the casebook, it focuses on the predominate law governing trade secrets in the U.S.: The Uniform Trade Secrets Act (now applicable in 47 of 50 states). Trade Secret Law in a Nutshell addresses both international and criminal enforcement of trade secret rights. In February of 2013, President Obama issued a report calling for increased enforcement of trade secret rights, both domestically and internationally, making the topic both current and relevant.

¿ Immerse students in the world of intellectual property law and provide essential perspectives to practice in this area.¿ The Fifth Edition of Loren & Miller¿s Intellectual Property Law continues to provide engaging and challenging coverage of all the major types of intellectual property law: trade secret, patent, copyright, and trademark law. Covering cases and developments through Spring 2017, the book includes all the latest Supreme Court cases that are vital to a survey course, including Star Athletica v. Varsity Brands (as a principal case) and contextualized discussion of Matal v. Tam and Impression Products v. Lexmark International. Each chapter has been fully revised, with changes¿some small, some more extensive¿that optimize clear presentation of tightly edited cases and concise notes and questions.¿ The book kicks off with an introduction that explores the basic policies animating i.p. law and concludes with two overarching chapters¿one on i.p. limits (preemption and first sale), and one on remedies (to redress past harm and prevent future harm). This book will both guide student analysis and challenge students to make vital connections within and across doctrines and policies.

Trade Secret Law in the United States is a collection of cases and commentary about the history and development of trade secret law in the United States, beginning with its historical roots in England that started at the time of the Industrial Revolution. After an introduction to the historical background, nature of trade secret protection, and where trade secret protection fits within the framework of the American intellectual property laws, the legal requirements for the three substantive aspects of trade secret law are addressed, namely the property component, secrecy, and the "special" relationship between the parties. The enforcement of trade secret rights is also dealt with, ranging from state causes of action under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act and state common law, to causes of action under various federal laws, and remedies such as injunctions and damages. There is also a chapter on the criminal enforcement of trade secret rights, both at the state and federal levels. In addition to the traditional academic approach of a casebook intended for use in a law school course, the practical side of enforcing rights is also presented, which reflects many of the author's experiences during his 40-plus years of practice in this area of the law.

"This work focuses on what is protectable as a trade secret, litigating trade secret actions, plaintiff's and defendant's perspectives, corporate trade secret protection plans and practices, hiring and terminating employees, criminal prosecution of trade secret misappropriation"--Provided by publisher.

The second edition of THE LAW OF TRADE SECRETS has been updated to provide new cases and commentary in the complex area of trade secrets. It discusses and analyses issues such as employee inventors, duties arising from a fiduciary relationship and economic torts and information secrets. The book contains new material that looks at the development of equity in protecting privacy and the law of personal secrets. It includes a new chapter examining the impact of FOI regimes in relation to trade secrets, a growing area of concern for practitioners. Readers will find that the text builds on the strength of the first edition to result in a highly useful text that they will turn to in dealing with complex trade secret issues.