Law Of Trade Secret Litigation Under The Uniform Trade Secrets Act

"The comprehensive analysis is accompanied by a synthesis of the Uniform trade secrets act case law determining the key trade secret issues as well as online synopses of each UTSA case, organized by the type of the alleged trade secret, the industry, and whether the trade secret owner won or lost"--ABA website.

This timely Handbook marks a major shift in innovation studies, moving the focus of attention from the standard intellectual property regimes of copyright, patent, and trademark, to an exploration of trade secrecy and the laws governing know-how, tacit knowledge, and confidential relationships. The editors introduce the long tradition of trade secrecy protection and its emerging importance as a focus of scholarly inquiry. The book then presents theoretical, doctrinal, and comparative considerations of the foundations of trade secrecy, before moving on to study the impact of trade secrecy regimes on innovation and on other social values. Coverage includes topics such as sharing norms, expressive interests, culture, politics, competition, health, and the environment. This important Handbook offers the first modern exploration of trade secrecy law and will strongly appeal to intellectual property academics, and to students and lawyers practicing in the intellectual property area. Professors in competition law, constitutional law and environmental law will also find much to interest them in this book, as will innovation theorists.

A 26-chapter treatise that explains the fundamentals and intricacies of trade secret law under the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) and the California Uniform Trade Secret Act (CUTSA).

This book assembles case law analysis and strategic advice on prosecuting and defending trade secret misappropriation actions, maintaining legally sufficient trade secret protection measures, and supervising outside attorneys in the course of litigation. This book is an invaluable resource for both firm-based litigators and in-house attorneys, and it sets a new standard for the insightful analysis of U.S. trade secret law and practice.

"This research guide provides information on where to find the disparate elements that are important to begin to understand the area of trade secret law. It lists U.S. federal and state laws as well as international laws, discusses an array of court cases, many of which offer conflicting analysis and decisions, and covers the Uniform Trade Secrets Act. The guide offers a method for discerning relevant case decisions, laws, articles and web materials"--Publisher.

Trade secret protection has long been of critical strategic importance to business interests and globalization of commerce has driven an increasing need to govern the preservation of confidentiality in international business transactions. This book off